Zongzi Love Dragon Boat Festival------[Purple Nuo Eight Treasure Zongzi]

Overview

We northerners like sweet rice dumplings, which are glutinous rice with candied dates or red dates, so we have been exposed to sweet rice dumplings since we were young. It wasn’t until we came to Wuhan that we learned that rice dumplings can have many flavors, such as glutinous rice and red date rice dumplings, eight treasure rice dumplings, clear water rice dumplings, barbecued pork rice dumplings, pork ribs rice dumplings, bacon rice dumplings, fruit rice dumplings, there are many kinds. When my mother was in Wuhan two years ago, we made our own rice dumplings, including red date rice dumplings and candied date rice dumplings. The purple glutinous eight-treasure rice dumplings were my mother’s favorite, even though she has not been in Wuhan these two years. I still made her a favorite of this kind of rice dumplings. My mother is getting older. She has become obviously older since my father passed away. I am so far away from home and I can’t go back to see her often. Every time I call, I have to ask her to eat more. Eat well, don't be reluctant to spend money, mom is at home. If you leave me, I won't even have a chance to call mom when I go home. Every time I talk about this, my tears can't stop flowing... Hey, let's not talk about it. Although my mom can't eat the rice dumplings I make now, I have to tell her when I call her that I must make some rice dumplings to eat. Don't just make do with it during the holidays. If you don't eat well, I will worry!

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• old man
• festival customs
• dragon boat festival
• summer recipes
• double ninth festival
• barley
• black rice
• glutinous rice
• jujube
• mung beans
• peanuts
• red beans
• zong leaves
• lotus seeds
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare the raw materials, wash and soak the glutinous rice, wash and soak various beans and lotus seeds (soak at night and keep in the refrigerator);

   

2. 2 Soak the glutinous rice and beans and lotus seeds, drain the water, put them together and mix well;

   

3. 3 Wash the jujubes;

   

4. 4 Wash the rice dumpling leaves and set aside;

   

5. 5 Stack two rice dumpling leaves together, fold one-third into a funnel shape, and add an appropriate amount of rice dumplings;

   

6. 6 Add a jujube;

   

7. 7 Add the eight-treasure rice on top and press it tightly with a spoon;

   

8. 8 Cover the upper leaves, fold the tail to the side, and wrap it into a square shape;

   

9. 9 Tie it up with cotton thread;

   

10. 10 Wrap all the rice dumplings;

    

11. 11 Put the rice dumplings into the pressure cooker and add water to cover the rice dumplings;

    

12. 12 Cover the lid and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then turn to medium-low heat and turn off the heat after 40 minutes. When the steam deflates naturally, you can open the lid and eat the rice dumplings!