Cantonese style rice dumplings

Overview

Jianshui Zongzi is a traditional snack of the Han people in Guangdong. The meat is golden and transparent, crispy and not greasy. When eaten, it is dipped in sugar or honey, which is unique. Thursday is the Dragon Boat Festival, so let’s make some Jianshui rice dumplings in advance and share the famous Cantonese snacks.

Tags

• snacks
• children
• old man
• dragon boat festival
• glutinous rice
• jianshui
• white sugar
• zong leaves
• pampas grass

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the glutinous rice and soak it for 5 hours;

   

2. 2 Take out the glutinous rice and drain the water;

   

3. 3 Put the drained glutinous rice into a large plate, add the water and mix well. The color of the glutinous rice gradually turns yellow, add white sugar and mix well; PS: Just dip it in without adding sugar;

   

4. 4 Soak rice dumpling leaves and pampas grass overnight, wash and drain;

   

5. 5 The rice dumpling leaves are folded into a funnel shape that does not leak;

   

6. 6 Add the mixed glutinous rice; PS: 90% full

   

7. 7 Wrap the rice dumplings

   

8. 8 Bind it with pampas grass to make it strong;

   

9. 9 After wrapping the rice dumplings, use scissors to cut off excess rice dumpling leaves and pampas grass;

   

10. 10 Put the rice dumplings into the pressure cooker, add an appropriate amount of water, the water should soak the rice dumplings, and cook for about 40 minutes; PS: Ordinary pots should cook for more than 1 hour;

    

11. 11 The cooked rice dumplings can be eaten cold or hot. If there is no sugar when making the rice dumplings, they can be eaten dipped in white sugar, honey, etc.