Newbie package zongzi steps are as follows:

1. Select ingredients

In the choice of ingredients, we according to their own taste to match different fillings, commonly used in glutinous rice, meat, candied fruit and other ingredients. The choice of rice dumplings generally use dry reed leaves, because dry rice dumplings wrapped out of the rice dumplings especially fragrant, pick when try to pick a large piece, no dry rice dumplings can be used instead of fresh rice dumplings leaves. The rice as far as possible to choose round, because the viscosity of the greater taste is also better, the rest of the ingredients according to the amount needed to prepare can be.

2. Prepare the ingredients

If it is a new pick of the rice dumpling leaves back to the wash can be put down in the pot to cook, 10 minutes after the leaves out on the standby. And buy back the dry rice dumpling leaves more debris, need to be put into the pot to cook again, and so soften after fishing out over cool water and then wash for use.

Glutinous rice and peanuts washed with water and placed aside to soak for half an hour, soak and filter add a little salt and alkali powder, in order to wrap the package does not take off the leaves, you can also add a spoonful of peanut oil and mix well can be reserved. Meat and candied fruit ingredients were marinated and washed can spare.

3. Zongzi package

First of all, according to their own package is which kind of zongzi to choose zongzi leaves, on the triangular zongzi to explain. Package triangular rice dumplings to take two wide point of the rice dumpling leaves, the two ends to the center of the roll folded into a triangle, in which to put a small amount of glutinous rice and pork, the rest of the filling can be added at will a little.

Then, with your left hand, fold the leaves over the rice until the filling is completely wrapped, and with your right hand, fold the rest of the leaves into the triangle and pinch the sides together. Note that the capacity of the package triangle rice dumplings is very small, in order to prevent not to break the skin leakage of rice, it is recommended that you do not hard stuffing filling.

4. Bundle the dumplings

Then it is to learn how to bind the dumplings to ensure that the cooking will not break the skin and leakage of rice, do a good job of wrapping this step, our dumplings will be half successful. Dumplings folded, the left hand to hold steady not to let the inside of the filling leak out, the right hand to pick up the rope with a wrapped waist of the way to bundle solid on the completion of the. There is no fine cotton rope can choose bamboo flat bar, dry bamboo flat bar is more environmentally friendly than the rope, first of all, the bamboo flat bar washed with water and then boiled a little bit of sun-drying can be used to tie the dumplings.

5. Cooking method

Water in a wood-fired pot boil over high heat, put the dumplings to the pot to cook, water can be added to cover the dumplings can be; if there is no wood-fired pot at home, you can also use an induction cooker to cook, boil the water over high heat and then put the dumplings, adjusted to medium-low heat can be boiled for about 30 minutes; with a pressure cooker, then the pot of cold water, water over the dumplings, the pot of cold water, the water covered with the dumplings. If the water covers the rice dumplings, you can put the lid on the pot. If the package is a long rice dumplings, then the cooking time should be a little longer, so as to avoid the ingredients pinch raw.

6. Edible Methods

Cooked to the dumplings are cooked through, use chopsticks to pick out the dumplings, and then untie the rope to unveil the dumpling leaves will be able to taste the delicious dumplings. If it is the white dumplings in the north, you can put the peeled dumplings in a bowl first, and then use a small dish with some sugar to enjoy. Of course, if you like spicy and sour flavor, you can also add some vinegar and chili peppers dipped in food is also another flavor.