Abstract: During the Dragon Boat Festival, every household will make and eat rice dumplings. There are many types of rice dumplings, and alkaline rice dumplings are the more traditional ones. So do you know where the alkaline rice dumplings are a specialty? Alkaline rice dumplings are made in most areas, with Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong being particularly famous. Are alkaline rice dumplings sweet or salty? Alkaline rice dumplings are neither sweet nor salty. The original alkaline rice dumplings are simple, full of fragrance, and have an original taste. 1. Where is the specialty of alkaline rice dumplings

Alkaline rice dumplings are the specialty of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong.

In order to make sticky and delicious glutinous rice dumplings, Ningbo people will also put a certain amount of alkaline water when wrapping the rice dumplings, so in Ningbo, the rice dumplings are also called "alkaline water rice dumplings". Different from the triangular, pentagonal and hexagonal shapes of rice dumplings elsewhere, Ningbo's alkaline rice dumplings are wrapped in a four-corner pillow shape with sharp edges. Also different from the shapes of sorghum rice, yellow sticky rice and sticky corn elsewhere, Ningbo's rice dumplings are made of glutinous rice dumplings. host.

Guangdong alkaline rice dumplings are one of the characteristic rice dumplings of Guangdong. The original Guangdong alkaline rice dumplings actually used plant ash to soak the rice. The rice used was not the current white glutinous rice, but yellow sticky rice. Today's Guangdong alkaline rice dumplings use baking soda to soak the rice, and the yellow sticky rice has been changed to white glutinous rice.

2. Are alkaline rice dumplings sweet or salty

Alkaline rice dumplings are not as sweet as sweet rice dumplings, nor are they as salty as salty rice dumplings. Relatively simple, full of fragrance, with an original taste.

Alkaline rice dumplings are the earliest and most traditional type of rice dumplings. They have simple ingredients, but are soft, waxy, fragrant, delicious, and deeply loved. Take apart the cooked rice dumplings, dip them in white sugar when eating, and take a bite. The outside is the texture of grains of white sugar, and the soft glutinous rice of the rice dumplings sticks to it. It is fragrant and sweet. Some areas like to add red dates and bean paste when making alkaline rice dumplings, which have a sweet taste, so generally no sugar is added.

3. How to make alkaline rice dumplings

It is relatively simple to make alkaline rice dumplings. Wash the glutinous rice and soak it for 8 hours in advance. After taking it out, add edible alkali and stir. You will see that the glutinous rice gradually grows. After turning yellow, wrap it in the rice dumpling leaves, tie the rope, then put the rice dumplings into the pot, add water until the rice dumplings are covered, and cook over medium-low heat for 3 hours.