Easy to learn how to pack rice dumplings:

1, glutinous rice . Beans . Peanuts . Wash and soak one night in advance.

2, zongzi leaves in advance with warm water soak a night, so that when wrapping zongzi, zongzi leaves will become particularly soft.

3, cotton rope wash and spare.

4, prepare a rice dumpling leaves, hand from the end of the rice dumpling leaf one-third of its bend, the rice dumpling leaves folded into a funnel shape, funnel shape to fold it to some solid.

5, glutinous rice seasoned with salt and soy sauce, in the funnel scooped a spoonful of glutinous rice flat, do not fill too full, just put flat can be, be sure to press the glutinous rice firmly, the dumplings will be full.

6, and then use your fingers to squeeze the front of the dumplings on both sides, so that the mouth closed into a triangle, the purpose of easy to cover the rice dumpling leaves.

7, the extra rice dumpling leaves, directly folded to cover the glutinous rice.

8, and hand pressure, and then hand will be the edge of the rice dumpling leaves, finishing out the diamond shape.

9, the excess length of the rice dumpling leaves and then folded.

10, folded, grasp the dumplings.

11, from one end of the beginning of a circle around to the other end of the fastening can be.

12, wrapped dumplings is this way.

The origin of the dumplings

The dumplings have a long history, in the Warring States has appeared. After the North and South Dynasties, the folk began to have zongzi originated from the people to pay tribute to Qu Yuan. Wu Jun (467-520) of Liang of the Southern Dynasties wrote in the Renewal of Qi Harmonic Records, "Qu Yuan threw himself into Miluo and died on the fifth day of the fifth month, and the people of Chu mourned him."