Today I am making chinese sticky rice zongzi,It is a traditional Chinese food,My zongzi recipe is even more delicious and easy,First, prepare 1 kg of red beans and 2 kg of glutinous rice.
Soak red beans and glutinous rice in water for 12-15 hours,Red beans and glutinous rice become softer after soaking in water and easier to cook, glutinous rice will be softer and more glutinous and taste better.
Prepare 20 reed leaves and wash them with water,Then put the zong leaves in boiling water and cook for 5 minutes, then remove them and wash them with water, cut off the tips of both ends of the leaves, set aside.
Remove the glutinous rice, drain the water, then add 2 g of edible alkali and stir well (adding edible alkali can shorten the cooking time of zongzi).
Remove the red beans, drain and set aside.
Prepare 1 kg of candied dates, tear it apart or flatten it (avoid sticky rice from entering the candied dates, so the sticky rice is difficult to cook).
All the ingredients are ready, let's start making dumplings,Put the glutinous rice and red beans into the bowl and mix well.
Then take two reed leaves and fold them back together,Then fold the leaves in half, and a cone-shaped funnel-shaped sharp corner appears in the middle.
Pour a spoonful of red bean glutinous rice into the funnel, then add a candied date, and then pour in a spoonful of red bean glutinous rice,Then compact the glutinous rice with your hands, hold the funnel with your left hand, and fold the leaves over the top of the funnel with your right hand..
Then fold the leaves to the side of the funnel, and then tie the zongzi with cotton thread, and the zongzi is wrapped,If you are doing it for the first time, it will be difficult, try a few times and you will be more proficient.
Then add water to the pressure cooker, put the dumplings into the pot, make sure the dumplings are all submerged in water,Cook on high heat for 1 hour, then reduce to low heat and cook for 1 hour.
Then take out the dumplings and drain the water.
Our dumplings are ready,It tastes sweet and glutinous, very delicious,kids love to eat,My method is very simple, you can also add other ingredients according to your own preferences,Many people like to add beef, shrimp, corn, green beans, peanuts and other ingredients,My zongzi tastes mainly sweet, you can add other ingredients and condiments to make zongzi with salty, fragrant, spicy and other flavors,try it if you like.