The Dragon Boat Festival is one of my country’s traditional festivals and one of the important festivals of the Chinese nation. During this festival, people celebrate by eating special foods. Below, I will introduce you to some traditional and classic Dragon Boat Festival recipes.

Zongzi

Zongzi is an essential traditional delicacy during the Dragon Boat Festival. Let’s learn how to make rice dumplings.

Ingredients:

Glutinous rice, pork, salted egg yolk, scallops, mushrooms, green onions, ginger, allspice, salt, soy sauce, peanut oil, rice dumpling leaves

Steps :

1. Soak the glutinous rice in water for at least 4 hours.

2. Cut the pork into small pieces, add onion, ginger, five-spice powder, salt and soy sauce and marinate for 30 minutes.

3. Cut the salted egg yolk, scallops and shiitake mushrooms into small pieces and set aside.

4. Rinse the rice dumpling leaves with water, soak until soft and set aside.

5. Fold the soaked rice dumpling leaves into a funnel shape and add a small portion of soaked glutinous rice.

6. Put a piece of marinated pork, a piece of salted egg yolk, some scallops and shiitake mushrooms on the glutinous rice.

7. Add some glutinous rice and compact it gently with your hands.

8. Wrap the rice dumpling leaves and tie them with thin rope.

9. Put all the rice dumplings into a large pot, add enough water and cook for 2-3 hours.

10. Take out the rice dumplings and let them cool before eating.

Calamus cake

Calamus cake is a traditional Dragon Boat Festival dessert, and its preparation method is also very simple.

Materials:

Glutinous rice flour, sugar, calamus powder, water

Steps:

1. Combine glutinous rice flour, sugar and calamus Mix the powder together.

2. Add appropriate amount of water and stir evenly to form a paste.

3. Pour the paste into the steamer and steam over medium heat for 15-20 minutes.

4. Take out the cake and let it cool before eating.

Dragon Boat Rice

Dragon Boat Rice is a very interesting Dragon Boat Festival recipe, and its preparation method is also very simple.

Materials:

Glutinous rice, pork, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, shrimps, onions, ginger, garlic, salt, soy sauce, peanut oil

Steps:

1. Soak the glutinous rice in water for at least 4 hours.

2. Cut the pork, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and shrimp into small pieces and set aside.

3. Add peanut oil to the pot, heat it and add onion, ginger and garlic until fragrant.

4. Add pork, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and shrimps and stir-fry until cooked.

5. Add salt and soy sauce to taste.

6. Put the soaked glutinous rice into the dragon boat mold and compact it with a spoon.

7. Put some stir-fried pork, mushrooms, bamboo shoots and shrimp on the glutinous rice.

8. Add some glutinous rice and compact it with a spoon.

9. Put the dragon boat mold into the steamer and steam over medium heat for 30 minutes.

10. Take out the dragon boat rice and let it cool before eating.