Ingredients:

Rice 2.5kg

Dates or jujubes in moderation

Dumpling leaves 750g

Several fine cotton ropes

Practice:

1, the first to prepare the ingredients, about 5 pounds of rice and 1 catty zongzi leaves, appropriate amount of jujubes or honey jujubes, a number of thin rope to tie zongzi, used to use a kind of grass leaves to tie. Note that the leaves should be soaked in hot water to make them softer.

2, take three to four pieces flat on the table stacked, and then folded into a cone shape in the hands. Be careful that the bottom end doesn't leak.

3, and then put a layer of rice inside, and then put one or two dates, of course, if you want to eat other flavors, you can also put other ingredients, such as some of the diced meat, bean paste and so on. Finally, put a layer of rice.

4, put full of rice, the top of the leaf folded down to cover, in order not to leak the rice shall prevail, with the preparation of the thin rope tied, with cotton thread is best. But don't underestimate the method of wrapping, if it is not filled with enough, it will look slim.

5, wrapped, there is the most important step, is the pot to cook. The packaged rice dumplings rows into the pot, home with a wood-burning pot is best. Into the right amount of water, the top with a pot of water pressure, the purpose of this is to not let the dumplings scattered, inside the rice run out. If not, it is best to use a pressure cooker to cook, about more than two hours. After cooking, let cool, can not eat, into the refrigerator.