Ingredients: 500 grams of northeast glutinous rice, 200 grams of dried eight-treasure beans, 200 grams of purple rice, 200 grams of jujube, sugar, zongzi leaves, cotton thread, etc.

The practice of purple rice and eight treasures zongzi

1. After washing glutinous rice, purple rice and dried bean curd with clear water, soak them in cold water for more than 6 hours. Then mix them all together and stir them evenly. Add some sugar to adjust the color.

2. After the dry leaves are cleaned with a small brush, they can also be soaked in cold water for about 6 hours. Overlap two zongzi leaves and roll them into a funnel shape first.

3. The head of the leaf is in the outer layer, and the tail of the leaf is in the inner layer. Pull the leaf tail with your right hand and turn it clockwise again to make it coincide with the leaf head of Zongzi. Become a pointed funnel.

4. First put a small amount of glutinous rice and eight treasures stuffing, and gently send the rice grains to the sharp bottom with chopsticks.

5. add candied dates.

6. Fill with a layer of glutinous rice, purple rice and sweet beans.

7. When the rice grains are filled to 80% of Zongye Cup, compact the stuffing with a small spoon. Fold the sides of the surplus rice leaves inward with your thumb to cover the rice grains.