Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings

Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings

Overview

Eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom of the Chinese people. Zongzi is also called horn millet and tube rice dumpling. It has a long history and has many variations. In the Jin Dynasty, zongzi was officially designated as a Dragon Boat Festival food. There are also many shapes of zongzi, generally including equilateral triangle, equirectangular, pointed triangle, square, rectangular and other shapes. In my memory, the most traditional thing in our hometown is the triangular rice dumplings, which are wrapped in big balls, made of two layers of fresh reed leaves, and cooked slowly in a large iron pot. They are cooked the night before the Dragon Boat Festival, usually for 3-4 hours, and then soaked until the Dragon Boat Festival the next morning to eat. . . . . . Because zongzi is made of glutinous rice and is not easy to digest, when eating zongzi, you can drink some tea or sugar water to help digestion. Last year, my mother and I just learned a new method of processing rice dumpling leaves. No need to cook them. Just freeze the fresh rice dumpling leaves in the refrigerator overnight, then take them out and defrost them. The leaves will become soft and easy to use. Please learn it. . .

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Steps

  1. Freeze fresh rice dumpling leaves in the refrigerator overnight, wash and set aside.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 1

  2. Soak the glutinous rice for about 3 hours in advance.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 2

  3. The red beans are also soaked in advance, then mixed with the glutinous rice, and the candied dates are set aside.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 3

  4. Take three pieces of rice dumpling leaves.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 4

  5. The nest is funnel-shaped.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 5

  6. Add red beans and glutinous rice.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 6

  7. Add candied dates, fill until 80% full, hold it with your hands like this.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 7

  8. Fold off the top leaves.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 8

  9. The leaves are pinched and twined.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 9

  10. Wrap until the remaining leaf tail is very small.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 10

  11. Tie cotton thread and cut sections of cotton thread to create a beautiful triangular rice dumpling.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 11

  12. Wrap it well and put it into the pot.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 12

  13. Add enough water, reduce the heat to low after boiling, and simmer for 3 hours.

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 13

  14. Soft and glutinous with the aroma of red beans and the sweetness of candied dates. . . . . . . . .

    Red bean and candied dates rice dumplings step 14