Video tutorial

The method of wrapping small-footed rice dumplings is as follows:

1. First soak the glutinous rice in advance, cut off the head and tail of the rice dumpling leaves, and keep the two rice dumpling leaves facing each other. Stack. Then roll up one-third of the rice dumpling leaves into a funnel shape, add glutinous rice and mash it firmly with chopsticks. Continue adding jujube and glutinous rice.

2. Tuck both sides of the rice dumpling leaves inward, and then press the rice dumpling leaves down. Finally, tie it tightly with a rope, and the little foot rice dumplings are wrapped.

Introduction to Zongzi

Zongzi, a food made from steamed glutinous rice wrapped in rice dumpling leaves, is one of the traditional Chinese festival foods. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the most profound cultural heritage in China, has spread far and wide. The custom of eating rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years and has even spread to East Asian countries.

Zongzi, also known as Zongzi, is mainly made of glutinous rice and stuffings, and is wrapped with Ruo leaves (or leaves, cotyledons, etc.) in various shapes, including sharp corners, four corners, etc. . Zongzi has a long history.

It was originally used as a tribute to ancestors and gods. The names are different in the north and the south. The north produces millet and uses millet to make rice dumplings, which are shaped like horns. In ancient times, it was called "corner millet" in the north. In terms of taste, rice dumplings can be divided into two categories: salty rice dumplings and sweet rice dumplings.

Due to the differences in eating habits in different regions, rice dumplings have developed a northern and southern flavor; in terms of fillings, the north has Beijing date rice dumplings wrapped with jujubes; the south has mung beans, pork belly, bean paste, eight treasures, ham, and mushrooms. , egg yolk and other fillings, among which Guangdong bacon rice dumplings and Zhejiang Jiaxing rice dumplings are the representatives.