Since ancient times, the tradition of Dragon Boat Festival is to eat zongzi. Some old people especially like to make zongzi at home. So what kind of rice is better for making zongzi? What's the point about making zongzi? How long does it take for making zongzi?
The dragon boat festival dumplings are usually made of glutinous rice, and some people wrap them with millet, because glutinous rice is sticky and sticky, so it is better to wrap them. Second, glutinous rice is chewy and tastes better. And the leaves of zongzi are fragrant and anticorrosive. In fact, the longer the glutinous rice is wrapped, the better. The zongzi cooked in this way tastes better.
How long should rice dumplings be soaked? The best soaking time for rice dumplings
Glutinous rice is a kind of mild tonic, which has the functions of tonifying deficiency, nourishing blood, strengthening spleen and warming stomach, and stopping perspiration. It is suitable for nausea, loss of appetite, diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach deficiency cold, sweating deficiency caused by qi deficiency, shortness of breath and weakness, abdominal distention during pregnancy, etc. Glutinous rice contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B and starch. It is a warm tonic and strong product.
The more glutinous rice is soaked, the more sticky it will be, and the more delicious the dumplings will be. In other words, as long as the method of soaking rice is correct, the longer rice dumplings are soaked, the better. It takes at least 3 hours. The correct way is to immerse the glutinous rice in clean water, change the water 2-3 times a day, and then make zongzi after soaking for a few days. Because the cells absorb water, the cell wall will burst and the viscous components will be released, which can make zongzi extremely sticky and soft. As long as you change the water every day, the glutinous rice will not go bad, but the water should be sufficient, otherwise the rice will be powdered when exposed to the air after absorbing enough water.
Glutinous rice is stored in the cells. If you wash it with water, you can make zongzi immediately, even if the glutinous rice is superior, it won't be very sticky. Because the water absorption of glutinous rice dumplings directly boiled is poor, soaking glutinous rice before making dumplings will make rice easier to absorb water when cooking, shorten the cooking time of dumplings, and improve the taste of dumplings.
How to make rice dumplings
First of all, we should choose round glutinous rice, because round glutinous rice is more sticky, waxy and tastes better than long glutinous rice. How many dumplings to make, according to the proportion of how much glutinous rice bubble. After selecting the glutinous rice, we soak it in warm water. The glutinous rice should be soaked until it can be easily crushed by fingers, and then it can be used to make zongzi. In addition to white glutinous rice, we can also choose the five color rice with natural dyeing. The same as white glutinous rice, it's better to soak overnight.