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1. Soak the red beans one night in advance.
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2. Soak the glutinous rice one night in advance.
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3. Soak the zongzi leaves to make them more resilient.
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4. Put the soaked red beans in an iron pot, add enough water, twice as much as the red beans, bring to a boil on high heat and turn to medium heat.
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5. When it is sufficiently viscous, add brown sugar and stir-fry evenly.
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6. Put all into the blender, stir into bean paste, put it back into the iron pot, stir-fry over high heat to dry the water.
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7. Make the red bean paste and let it cool for later use.
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8. Bend the zong leaves into a funnel shape and tighten the bottom.
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9. Put in some glutinous rice.
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10. Add bean paste.
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11. Add glutinous rice.
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12. Cover the mouth with zong leaves and wrap it tightly along the zongzi shape. Finally, wrap the mouth with cotton thread and tie a knot.
13. Put the wrapped zongzi into the pot, add enough cold water, 5 cm below the zongzi, the fire will boil, and the house will be filled with the fragrance of the zongzi.
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14. Turn to medium and low heat and cook for 1 hour, turn off the heat, soak for half an hour, and cook for another hour. The glutinous rice will be soft and waxy.
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15. After letting cool, start eating!
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Tips:The rice dumplings can be cooked for a while to soften the glutinous rice.
