Red yeast rice is produced by cultivating the monascus purpureos on rice. The monascus purporeous is a type of yeast strain. The rice will be soaked in water. After that, the rice will be inoculated by mixing the rice with either powdered red yeast rice or the m. purporeos spores. The rice will have to be inoculated for three to six days. It will be stored in a room-temperature environment until it is ready to use.