Whether to use dry candied dates or wet candied dates to wrap zongzi can use dry candied dates or wet candied dates, mainly depending on personal taste preferences.
The best way to wrap zongzi with dried candied dates is to wrap them directly. Although it will be too hard, it will be lacking in taste, but it will retain almost all nutritional elements and the operation will be simpler.
Friends who like to eat soft glutinous taste may wish to use wet candied dates directly, and leave the dried candied dates to those who like to taste harder! There is no difference between dry candied dates and wet candied dates, just choose according to your own taste!
The trick of making candied jujube zongzi is to soak glutinous rice in advance to ensure the sticky taste of glutinous rice, select high-quality candied dates, and wrap the zongzi with appropriate amount of glutinous rice and candied dates, and the tightness of the package should be moderate. Too much glutinous rice tends to make the taste too tight, while too few candied dates will make the jujube fragrance too light and the sweetness insufficient.
Can the candied dates wrapped in zongzi make tea? The candied dates wrapped in zongzi can make tea.
Jujube tea is simple to make. Take three candied dates and put them in tea, supplemented by a small amount of roses or medlar. A cup of nourishing and delicious jujube tea is finished. Jujube tea has a strong jujube flavor, which is rich in vitamin C. Long-term consumption can effectively maintain cardiovascular health, prevent and treat vascular sclerosis, hypertension, heart disease, vascular sclerosis and other diseases, which is very beneficial to health. In addition, because the sugar content of candied dates is extremely high, soaking in water can reduce sugar intake, prevent tooth decay and be beneficial to health.
How to make candied jujube zongzi Materials:
Ingredients: 200g glutinous rice.
Accessories: a few candied dates.
Steps:
1. The round glutinous rice is soaked one night in advance, drained, and the fresh zongzi leaves are rinsed clean.
2. A big reed leaf or two small reed leaves are stacked together in a circle.
3. Put a little glutinous rice on it, and then put a candied date.
4. Cover it with a little sticky rice
If you want to wrap a longer shape, fold the sides to the middle first.
6. The leaves on it are turned over
7. Then use cotton thread to bind firmly along the long side.
8. Then put it in a rice cooker and cook for about 40 minutes.