The practice of cooking rice dumplings:
The first step: the pot into the amount of cold water, while the rice dumplings, baking soda, rock sugar all into the pot, and then put the appropriate amount of cold water into the pot, until the rice dumplings can be submerged can be turned on the fire.
Step 2: boil the water in the pot over high heat, then change to medium-low heat and continue to cook the dumplings for 25-30 minutes, and when the time is up, immediately turn off the heat and simmer the dumplings for 10-30 minutes before serving.
The trick of cooking rice dumplings:
The first point: add baking soda
Cooking rice dumplings, you need to add a little bit of baking soda, because baking soda is alkaline, it can remove oxalic acid in the rice dumplings, so that the rice dumplings eat more fragrant. And baking soda can prevent the rice dumpling leaves from exploding during the cooking process, so that the cooked rice dumplings do not rot and not scattered. Cooking dumplings, baking soda do not add too much, generally 10-20 dumplings, put 3 grams of baking soda can be.
Second point: add sugar
When cooking rice dumplings, you also need to add a little sugar, because sugar into the glutinous rice in advance, you can make the dumplings sweeter, more glutinous and more fragrant. If you cook salty dumplings, you can add a little salt, which can also make the dumplings more fragrant and flavorful.
You later cook rice dumplings, do not cook directly with water, add some baking soda, sugar these 2 flavors in moderation.