Dumplings are made of leaves, glutinous rice, cotton thread, stuffing and other materials. Zongzi, steamed with glutinous rice wrapped in zongzi leaves, is one of the traditional festival foods of the Chinese nation. Zongzi leaves are one of the essential materials for the Dragon Boat Festival food-Zongzi. There are many kinds of Zongzi leaves, which are generally made of reed leaves and Indocalamus leaves. Generally, Indocalamus leaves are dominant in the south, while reed leaves are dominant in the north.

What materials do you have for dumplings?

The main materials of Zongzi are glutinous rice, stuffing and bamboo leaves (or Hiragi leaves). Because of the different eating habits in different places, zongzi has formed a north-south flavor; In terms of taste, zongzi can be divided into salty zongzi and sweet zongzi. The custom of eating zongzi, for thousands of years, every year on the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, China people have to soak glutinous rice, wash zongzi leaves and make zongzi. As one of the traditional foods with the deepest historical and cultural accumulation in China, Zongzi has spread far.

The materials needed for ordinary water dumplings are leaves, glutinous rice and cotton thread. From the perspective of fillings, there are Beijing jujube dumplings wrapped with dates in the north, and mung beans, pork belly, red bean paste, eight treasures, ham, mushrooms, egg yolk and other fillings in the south. Among them, Guangdong salted meat zongzi and Zhejiang Jiaxing zongzi are the representatives. In addition, you can add your favorite fillings to zongzi according to your personal preferences.