Zongzi is a popular traditional food, it has a lot of shapes, there are triangular, conical, rectangular, and square, etc., different packages will have different shapes. Packing dumplings is very conscientious, will generally have to pack a little tighter, then how to pack dumplings tight? Let's look specifically at it!

1, glutinous rice without soaking, directly wash, drain the water into the dumplings, dumplings cross into a funnel-shaped leaves, wrapped in glutinous rice, the bottom of the top position is easy to empty. With a slightly pointed chopsticks, gently press the glutinous rice to the top position. Then load the glutinous rice, use the right hand to press the glutinous rice, and then press the leaves to hold the glutinous rice, wrapping the rice dumplings.

2. Bundle the rice dumplings firmly. If it is too loose, the glutinous rice in the process of absorbing water expansion, easy to break the rice leaves, may wish to tie a few more rounds, not soaked glutinous rice, cooking time is longer than the soaked. According to the size of the dumplings, materials, choose a good cooking time, generally not less than 1 hour, or easy to clip raw

3, did not soak the glutinous rice, in the process of cooking to inhale part of the water, because of the bundle solid, glutinous rice does not have enough space to expand, cooked dumplings tight, strong, chewy!

The dumplings why package is not tight

The dumplings package is not tight in general may be the dumplings did not choose a good leaf, glutinous rice put too much, and finally bundled with the technique has a problem, grasp the correct method of wrapping the dumplings, not only can pack a beautiful dumplings, and how to cook will not be scattered Oh!

1, take 2 pieces of rice dumpling leaves, head and tail folded to extend the length of the leaf surface, and then from the right 1/4 of the beginning of the folding out of the funnel shape.

2. Hold the funnel in your left hand and put in the filling.

3, and then the right hand to the top of the rice dumpling leaves folded into the package to wrap the rice dumplings, the mouth of the pinch together and let the extra leaves of the rice dumplings reverse folded into a long strip of rice dumplings.

Tips: fold the leaves when the two leaves should be close and turn together.

The line for wrapping zongzi was previously thought to come from hemp leaves, but in fact, it is palm trees, and the tone of the zongzi comes from the palm leaves, because the rope that binds the zongzi is the palm leaves torn into long strips, characterized by the more you cook the stronger it is. Authentic package are used it, there is the fragrance of palm leaves. The leaves of the dumplings are reed leaves, and the steamed dumplings are fragrant.

The leaves of the zongzi have the effect of clearing away heat and stopping bleeding, detoxifying and eliminating swelling, treating vomiting blood, hemorrhage, urinary incontinence, carbuncle and so on. In recent years, research has proved that Ruo bamboo leaf polysaccharide has anti-cancer effect. Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine" also introduces zongzhuang leaves have clear heat and stop bleeding, detoxification and elimination of swelling, treatment of vomiting blood, urinary incontinence, laryngeal paralysis, carbuncle and other functions.

There are many natural materials for tying zongzi, such as the use of grass to wrap zongzi, tied with cotton or hemp rope, cotton and hemp rope are sold in general stores. Therefore, whether businesses or families should try to use natural materials as a package of leaves and ropes, so that the dumplings are safe to eat.