Eating zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom in China. Zongzi was officially designated as the Food of the Dragon Boat Festival in the Jin Dynasty, and it is the most profound traditional food with the deepest cultural accumulation. The custom of eating zongzi has been prevalent in China for thousands of years and has spread to Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. It is generally believed that the Dragon Boat Festival to eat Zongzi is to commemorate the great poet Qu Yuan, in fact, according to expert research, Zongzi is just a folk ordinary food, the initial eating of Zongzi is not fixed in the Dragon Boat Festival, saying that the Dragon Boat Festival to eat Zongzi is a sacrifice to Qu Yuan, is formed by posterity, but only reflects the people's wishes. Now the taste of rice dumplings is diverse, not only red dates, peanuts, but also bacon, egg yolks, etc., some also use sago to make crystal rice dumplings, which are beautiful and delicious.
No matter how the ingredients of rice dumplings change, they are inseparable from glutinous rice, but glutinous rice is not easy to digest when eaten, especially the elderly and children, which affects digestion. In fact, when we wrap rice dumplings, we can mix grains with glutinous rice, and then put some dried fruits, which are soft and chewy when eating, and will not feel greasy, which is very suitable for children and the elderly. Let's take a look at the specific methods.
【Eight treasure rice dumplings】
Ingredients: white glutinous rice, peanuts, oats, red adzuki beans, mung beans, purple rice, dates, rice dumplings.
Step: 1, buy the rice dumpling leaves back and wash them with water, boil the water in the pot, put in the rice dumpling leaves and cook them, so that the rice dumpling leaves are not easy to break.
2, soak the glutinous rice for more than 2 hours in advance, and then prepare some dried grains.
3, the soaked rice dumpling leaves cut off both ends, 3 pieces overlapped and placed together.
4. Roll into a conical shape.
5. Scoop in a little glutinous rice. Then put all kinds of grains, dried fruits and the like, you can use chopsticks to push the glutinous rice down. It is best to add another layer of glutinous rice.
6, cover the rice dumpling leaf over the inverted, press tightly, fold the left rice dumpling leaf to the lower left; fold the right rice dumpling leaf to the lower right; fold the extra rice dumpling leaf edge to the side;
7, Finally tie with a rope.
8, wrapped rice dumplings, boil together with water, after boiling, continue to cook for more than 2 hours.
9, cooked rice dumplings do not immediately take out the pot, continue to soak in the pot, so that it tastes more fragrant. Rice dumplings are softer and stickier when eaten warm. Zongzi can be wrapped more and stored in the freezer.
【Tips】
1, although the rice dumplings are delicious, do not eat too much at a time, should not be eaten at night, easy to indigestion.
2, the rice dumpling leaves can not be used up at one time, you can freeze up, the next time you use it, cook a boiled wine can be.