If the rice dumplings are not cooked thoroughly, it will be difficult to cook them again the next day. The half-cooked ones are a mixture of raw and cooked. The uncooked rice is wrapped in the gelatin of cooked glutinous rice and cannot come into contact with water. It will cook naturally. No. It is not allowed to cook the zongzi until it is half cooked the next day. Since it is cooked, cook it all at once. If you think it will be cold the next day, you can reheat it and eat it again. If it is not cooked and left to be cooked the next day, it will easily become stiff, that is, with uncooked rice, and if it is left half-cooked like this, it will easily go bad.

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Precautions for cooking rice dumplings:

1. It is best to drink tea at the same time when eating rice dumplings to help swallowing and digestion. For a smaller meal, opt for mini rice dumplings.

2. Zongzi should be eaten with cold vegetables and fruit salad.

3. The rice dumplings must be fully heated and can be eaten only after they are hot and soft.

4. If you have stomach problems, you can choose white rice dumplings. Don’t dip them in sugar and don’t eat them too sweet.

5. Patients with gallstones, cholecystitis and pancreatitis should not eat rice dumplings with high fat and protein content such as meat rice dumplings and egg yolk rice dumplings.