Every year when Tomb-Sweeping Day is coming, the Zhuang people in Guangxi will go to the mountain to pick the leaves of a plant and come back to make black glutinous rice to worship their ancestors. Do you know this kind of leaves? This is what local rural people call "triangle maple", which looks like maple leaf. This plant is mainly distributed in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and other regions of China, growing in broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 3-1 meters, and likes warm and humid environment.

In fact, "Triangle Maple" in Guangxi is used to cook Qingming food. First, the picked leaves are smashed with a hammer, then put in a bucket and soaked in water for about 5 days. Then, the leaves are soaked in glutinous rice, soaked for 3 minutes, and then put in a pot for stewing. First, the pot is oiled and seasoned with salt, and then poured into the soaked glutinous rice for stewing. Every 6 minutes or so, the black glutinous rice is very delicious and fragrant.

"triangle maple" not only has edible value, but also has high medicinal value. Do you know what benefits this plant has on human health? "triangle maple" is very helpful for postpartum pregnant women. It is very important for women to take good care of their bodies during this time, so as not to leave some sequelae. At this time, it is very good for postpartum women to use "triangle maple" to boil water and take a bath. Don't miss it when you see "triangle maple". It is necessary to make Guangxi black glutinous rice. The general production process is as follows:

1. First, you need to pick some maple leaves, or you can buy some directly. Pick out the good maple leaves and remove all the dead branches and rotten leaves.

2. Clean the picked maple leaves, then mash them, then air dry them, and then soak them in clear water for one day and one night.

3. Take out the maple leaf dregs, leaving only the soaked water. Then prepare an iron pot, no oil, the iron pot is hot, and pour the maple leaf water into the pot to dye the liquid. Then pour it out, reheat the pot, and continue to pour in the dye solution. Repeat this several times, and the color of the maple leaf water will become very deep.

4. When the maple leaf water in the pot cools slightly, pour the clean glutinous rice into the maple leaf water and soak it. Be careful that the glutinous rice can't be washed before soaking, otherwise it won't be colored, and it will take about 1 hours to soak.

5. Put the soaked glutinous rice into a steamer and steam it. The steaming time depends on the amount of glutinous rice. Steamed glutinous rice is black and shiny, and it is also filled with a delicious plant fragrance, which tastes soft and sweet!