A variety of ways to make rice dumplings, taste traditional food and experience the charm of culture.

1. Classic meat rice dumplings

First, prepare glutinous rice, pork, rice dumpling leaves, hemp rope and other materials. Soak the glutinous rice overnight, cut the pork into small pieces, add seasonings and marinate. Clean the rice dumpling leaves and blanch them in boiling water until soft. Then, wrap the glutinous rice and pork in rice dumpling leaves and tie them tightly with hemp rope. Finally, add water to a large pot and cook until the fragrant meat dumplings are ready.

2. Sweet red bean rice dumplings

In addition to meat rice dumplings, you can also try making sweet red bean rice dumplings. Prepare glutinous rice, red beans, red dates, rice dumpling leaves and other ingredients. Soak the red beans overnight in advance and remove the pits from the red dates. Mix glutinous rice, red beans and red dates together, wrap it with rice dumpling leaves into a triangle or rectangle, and then tie it tightly with hemp rope. After being cooked, the sweetness of the red beans blends into the glutinous rice, giving it a delicious taste.

3. Five-color health-preserving rice dumplings

In order to pursue richer nutrition and taste, you can try making five-color health-preserving rice dumplings. Five types of grains are selected: black rice, red rice, yellow rice, glutinous rice and mung beans, soaked separately and mixed together. When wrapping rice dumplings in leaves, you can add some dried fruits such as red dates and longans to increase the taste. The cooked five-color rice dumplings are colorful and nutritious.

4. Bean paste rice dumplings

Bean paste rice dumplings are a sweet rice dumpling, mainly composed of glutinous rice and bean paste. The production steps include soaking glutinous rice, preparing bean paste and other ingredients such as red beans, mung beans, etc., wrapping them in rice dumpling leaves, and then steaming them. Bean paste rice dumplings have a delicate texture and are sweet but not greasy, making them a good choice for people who like sweets.

5. Salted duck egg rice dumplings

Salted duck egg rice dumplings are a kind of rice dumplings with salted duck eggs as the main filling. The production steps include soaking glutinous rice, preparing salted duck eggs and other ingredients such as salt, pepper, etc., wrapping them in rice dumpling leaves, and then steaming them. Salted duck egg rice dumplings have a rich taste, with the salty aroma of salted duck eggs and the sweetness of glutinous rice. It is a unique traditional delicacy.

Education and cultural inheritance of handmade rice dumplings in kindergartens

1. Cultural inheritance

As a traditional Chinese food, rice dumplings carry rich cultural connotations. Carrying out handmade rice dumpling activities in kindergartens can not only exercise children's hands-on skills, but also learn about traditional festivals and customs and inherit the excellent culture of the Chinese nation.

2. Teamwork

Making rice dumplings is an activity that requires teamwork. Children need to help each other and cooperate tacitly during the production process, which helps to cultivate teamwork spirit and communication skills. At the same time, you can also experience the joy of success during the production process.