2. Packaging method: Fold the leaves of zongzi into triangles, and fill the triangles with the ingredients that need to be wrapped. First, put a little less glutinous rice, then put candied dates or pieces of meat, and then put some glutinous rice. Red beans and peanuts can be mixed in the glutinous rice, so that the wrapped zongzi is filled with candied dates or pieces of meat, and the others are glutinous rice, peanuts and red beans. Finally, fold the leaves of zongzi on the rice, and fold the remaining leaves on both sides of the triangle.
3. Binding essentials: After the zongzi is folded, hold the wrapped zongzi tightly with one hand and wrap it with a rope with the other hand. Choose the rope that binds the zongzi, and it is best to choose cotton thread or fine cotton rope. Choosing dried bamboo is more environmentally friendly. Boil the dried bamboo leaves with water or boil them together when cooking zongzi leaves, and then cool and split them for use.
4, cooking method: put the wrapped dumplings in the pot, put the water, the water must overflow the dumplings, cooking with an electric pressure cooker is very convenient, directly cover, just order the eight-treasure porridge. If it is cooked with natural gas, the zongzi in the pot should be pressed on the zongzi with a grate, and then the water in the bowl should be placed on the grate. After boiling for 20 minutes on high fire, boil for another 30 minutes on low fire.