Glutinous rice is the main component of zongzi, and the cells of glutinous rice will absorb water and expand after being fully soaked, so the boiled zongzi will be sticky. Therefore, the glutinous rice used for making zongzi will be soaked in advance. If you are in a hurry, you can soak it for about 3 hours. If you have enough time, you can soak it for 10- 12 hours. Zongzi soaked in glutinous rice will be easier to cook and shorten the cooking time of Zongzi.

Do you want to soak 2 packets of zongzi and candied dates?

The purpose of fully soaking glutinous rice when wrapping zongzi is to soak glutinous rice and stimulate sticky components in glutinous rice. After soaking the candied dates, it will not make the candied dates dumplings more delicious, but will dilute the sugar in the candied dates and reduce the taste of the candied dates dumplings. Therefore, when wrapping candied dates and zongzi, candied dates do not need to be soaked. When wrapping zongzi, just put the candied dates in the middle of glutinous rice and wrap them with zongzi leaves.

3 can glutinous rice be wrapped in zongzi when it is sour? 10- 12 hours.

The main material of zongzi is glutinous rice, which is very sticky. Glutinous rice will be soaked in water before wrapping zongzi, and the taste will be better. The peak season for eating zongzi is Dragon Boat Festival. When the temperature is high, you can put glutinous rice in a cool and ventilated place, pick it up the next morning, drain it and wrap it into zongzi for cooking.

Need 4 100 pieces of glutinous rice. It is suggested that the number of glutinous rice leaves should be selected according to the amount of glutinous rice.

Generally, zongzi is made of glutinous rice, which is heavier in texture, more expensive in price and higher in processing cost than zongzi. If you prepare glutinous rice, you can prepare enough zongzi, even if the zongzi is not used up, you can keep it for next time. The remaining dumplings are difficult to make. The rice wrapped in zongzi is soaked thoroughly and needs to be used up as soon as possible. So it's best to prepare glutinous rice first and decide how many zongzi to eat according to the family population.