Glutinous rice is difficult to cook, and it needs to absorb enough water to make it taste softer. Soaked glutinous rice can better absorb the fragrance of zongzi leaves, and the cooked zongzi is more fragrant. Glutinous rice generally needs to be soaked in water at low temperature for about 8 hours. Soaking glutinous rice has two advantages. First, the soaked glutinous rice will absorb more water and be easier to cook, and the steamed glutinous rice will taste softer and more glutinous. Secondly, the soaked glutinous rice can better absorb the fragrance of zongzi leaves, and the whole zongzi is full of the clear fragrance of zongzi leaves.

Glutinous rice needs to be soaked for about 8 hours in advance and can be used the next morning. Because the temperature is relatively high during the Dragon Boat Festival, glutinous rice will be sour if it is soaked in water for a long time, so it is best to soak it in the refrigerator.

Matters needing attention in wrapping zongzi

1, choose Zongye

The leaves wrapped in zongzi are very important. If the choice is not good, then the wrapped zongzi will definitely not taste good. When selecting zongzi leaves, you must choose fresh ones, and then fragrant green ones, so that the packaged zongzi will be fragrant and delicious. If it is moldy or damaged, it will not only taste bad, but also easily break the skin and leak glutinous rice, which will definitely affect the taste and shape of zongzi.

2. Boil in cold water

Raw zongzi takes a long time to cook, so it is necessary to cook zongzi in cold water, so as to ensure that zongzi is completely cooked. Zongzi usually takes 3 to 4 hours to cook. You can cook it 1 to 2 hours first. Stew for about half an hour, and then cook, so that zongzi can be cooked repeatedly, and the cooked zongzi is soft and delicious, with a fragrant smell.

3. Tight packaging

There are different ways and shapes to wrap zongzi in different places, but they all follow a principle, that is, they must keep their mouths shut and wrap them tightly. Because if you don't keep your mouth shut and wrap it tightly, the glutinous rice will leak out and be watered, which will be very unpalatable, so the dumplings wrapped tightly will be delicious.