It's a tradition of Dragon Boat Festival in China to eat Zongzi in dragon boat race, but now it's estimated that few people can make zongzi, so how is it best to make zongzi in Dragon Boat Festival? Zongzi hand-in-hand teaching in Dragon Boat Festival makes the zongzi you make absolutely different.
How to make zongzi at home--
Illustration of the wrapping method of cone-shaped zongzi (Niujiao zongzi)
1. Take a wide leaf of zongzi and roll it into a cone. Rotate it in the cone by hand to make the cone more slender.
2. Fill filling in the cone
3. Fold the two sides of the rice dumpling leaves at the end without stuffing inward respectively, and then fold the rice dumpling leaves downward according to the trend until the glutinous rice mouth is completely covered, and the surplus rice dumpling leaves are folded repeatedly on the mouth.
4. Finally, tie the zongzi with a string.
A cone-shaped zongzi with long sharp corners is wrapped~
Diagram of the package method of the tower type zongzi
1. Take two pieces of zongzi leaves and cross them to form a nest.
2. Fill in the prepared filling.
3. Take two pieces of Zongye and add them to the left and right sides respectively, wrap the filling completely, then take another piece of Zongye and cover the top.
4. Fold the leaves on both sides towards the center, and then fold the tips of the leaves on the other two sides inward. Hold the zongzi with one hand, and turn the whole zongzi over with the other hand.
5. Finally, wrap the rice dumplings diagonally with wire rope.
The wrapped tower shaped zongzi looks like this~
A diagram of triangle zongzi
1. Take a large piece of zongzi leaf, roll it into a cone shape, and put the prepared stuffing in the cone cylinder.
2. Fold down the upper Zongye until it completely covers the opening, and fold all Zongye along the triangle edge.
3. Finally, tie the zongzi with a string.
A beautiful and strong triangle dumpling is wrapped~
Tips: binding zongzi
It is not suitable to tie the rice dumplings too tightly to prevent the rice grains from being squeezed into the bean paste. If they are not cooked thoroughly, they will be sandwiched. Salted pork zongzi should not be tied too tightly with fat pork, and the tightness should be moderate. If you use thin pork, you should tie it tightly, because it will shrink when it is cooked, and the fat juice of zongzi stuffing will leak into the water, so it can't keep the fat and glutinous of zongzi.
Conclusion: the above is the packaging method of Niujiao zongzi, tower zongzi and triangle zongzi. Have you learned it? As a great tradition of our country, zongzi can't be lost in our young generation. Don't try to be convenient, just buy food outside!