Zongzi is made of glutinous rice wrapped in zongzi leaves, and zongzi leaves and glutinous rice are acidic food, if you do not put the alkaline water, the zongzi packaged out of eating may be acidic, this time to add the appropriate amount of alkaline water can play the role of acid and alkaline neutralization, which can improve the taste of zongzi, to ensure that the zongzi aroma and flavor, but also can play a certain role in the decomposition of the greasy.

Another role in the package of rice dumplings into the alkaline water is to increase the viscosity of the rice dumplings, because after the alkaline water after the glutinous rice will be easier to be cooked, boiled, so that the rice dumplings can make the steamed out of the texture of the more soft viscous, and at the same time, the steaming time will be greatly shortened.

The glutinous rice itself is white, but after adding the right amount of alkaline water glutinous rice will be slightly yellow, so that the color of the dumplings out of a better sense of color, it will look more appetizing.

Alkaline water is alkaline, has a good staining power and penetration, can achieve antibacterial, astringent effect, in the package of rice dumplings is to add an appropriate amount of alkaline water is the same as to the rice dumplings, "sterilization", so that the rice dumplings with a natural preservative, to keep up with it will be more convenient.