Black glutinous rice can wrap zongzi. Black glutinous rice, purple rice, is a precious rice variety, belonging to glutinous rice, which is only cultivated in Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, and is divided into purple japonica and purple glutinous rice. The black glutinous rice has uniform particles, purple-black color, sweet but not greasy. Due to the lack of viscosity of black glutinous rice, it is generally necessary to add white glutinous rice to increase the viscosity when making zongzi.

Can black glutinous rice wrap zongzi?

Black glutinous rice is called? Black pearl? It is rice with purple seed coat, and it is also called blood glutinous rice because of its waxy quality. The porridge boiled with black glutinous rice is brown in color and delicious.

Black glutinous rice has high nutritional value and is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B 1, B2 and other nutrients.