Yesterday I "ate" a round of rice dumplings in Moments. When I saw such delicious food during work hours, I suddenly felt very hungry and wanted to start biting my thighs.

I don’t know what happened, but yesterday, several friends in the circle of friends made rice dumplings at the same time as if they had made an appointment.

What is unbearable is that at about the same time, they all posted the rice dumplings to their WeChat Moments one after another. I don’t know how many people were “sucked” by this.

What makes me wonder is, why did you start making rice dumplings?

So I quickly checked the calendar. It was still some time before the Dragon Boat Festival, so these people couldn't wait and started celebrating the festival in advance.

There is a unique way to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Guangxi. Zongzi making is essential, but there are also other special snacks that are also delicious and joyful.

Let’s take a look at the rice dumplings and special snacks that Guangxi people have during the Dragon Boat Festival. Do you like any of them?

1. Mung bean and pork belly rice dumplings.

Using mung beans and pork belly to make rice dumplings is a very classic way of eating in my hometown.

Cut the pork belly into long strips, add ginger, rice wine, fermented bean curd, thirteen spices, and soy sauce and marinate for an hour. Peel the mung beans and soak them overnight. Take them out the next day to control the water and set aside.

Soak the glutinous rice in hot water for two to three hours, remove it and control the water, and you are ready to make rice dumplings.

Generally, the long and bulging rice dumplings are made of hiiragi leaves.

Its leaves are larger and can hold a lot of ingredients. The rice dumplings can be shared among several people, making it suitable for large families.

The wrapped rice dumplings also need to be boiled for more than ten hours to achieve the best taste.

The most delicious moment for Guangxi people to eat rice dumplings is when they eat the first rice dumpling that has just been cooked.

The first rice dumpling is steaming with steam, and the fragrance of tangerine leaves, mung beans and pork belly is wafting, making people intoxicated.

2. There is no filling, but the rice dumplings have a special taste.

This kind of rice dumpling is called gray water rice dumpling in Guangxi. It has no filling, but the taste is very special. It has a light fragrance. When eaten with white sugar, the two flavors can be perfectly blended together. It is amazing. .

The magic of this kind of rice dumplings lies in the "grey water", which is the water obtained by filtering the ashes from burning firewood with boiling water.

The glutinous rice soaked in this gray water will be light yellow, and the color will become bright yellow after being wrapped into rice dumplings and cooked.

Gray water rice dumplings taste soft and smooth, and are even sweeter when dipped in white sugar. At the same time, they are very refreshing and appetizing, and are suitable for all ages.

After talking about the two delicious rice dumplings, let’s take a look at other special snacks.

1. Aiye Qingtuan.

Now is the season when moxa leaves grow luxuriantly. It has been a habit of Guangxi people to plant moxa leaves and eat moxa leaf green balls during the Dragon Boat Festival.

It’s not yet the Dragon Boat Festival, but people can’t wait to try the moxa leaf green dumplings made by themselves at home.

The green dough made by mixing glutinous rice and mugwort leaves not only looks good, but also has the fragrance of mugwort leaves.

A layer of glutinous rice dough is wrapped with fillings made of sesame, sugar, and peanuts. After one bite, the soft and fragrant taste is sweet, not to mention how satisfying it is.

2. White glutinous rice cake.

This glutinous rice cake is made without adding mugwort leaves, and it is also very popular in Guangxi.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, people who don’t make moxa leaf glutinous rice cake will make this kind of white glutinous rice cake.

Although it is also made of glutinous rice flour, it is not the same as moxa leaf green dumpling.

White glutinous rice cakes like to be filled with soybean flour, sugar, and peanuts. They also taste very fragrant and are a snack suitable for all ages.

3. Black jelly.

Guangxi people like to eat jelly during the Dragon Boat Festival. This is black jelly, which is different from the white ice noodle on the market.

Black jelly has a refreshing fragrance, which comes from the grass used to make it. We call it jelly grass.

Black jelly made from jelly grass and gray water can be eaten with sugar water. It tastes better after being refrigerated.

Before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather is very hot, so people like to eat jelly.

The black jelly with the fragrance of jelly grass can not only clear away heat and detoxify, but also quenches thirst and relieves heat, which is very pleasant for the body and mind.

Conclusion: Okay, let’s share it here today. The way Guangxi people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival is that they not only have rice dumplings of various flavors, but also snacks with different characteristics. Which one do you like best?