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1. Soak the zongzi leaves in clean water for 1 hour, then wash them off, then boil them in water for 10 minutes, take them out and let them cool in water; soak the water plants for 1 hour
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2. Wash the pork belly, cut into pieces, and marinate for more than 2 hours
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3. Wash the glutinous rice and beans separately, soak for 1-2 hours, drain and mix together and marinate for 30 minutes
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4. Dried shiitake mushrooms are soaked and cut in half, then marinated in oil and salt for half an hour
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5. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) Take one large and one small rice dumpling and stack them together on the left palm
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6. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) Add a spoonful of glutinous rice beans in the middle of the zong leaves
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7. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) Put another piece of pork belly and 1-2 pieces of shiitake mushrooms
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8. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) Finally, put a spoonful of glutinous rice beans to cover the pork belly and shiitake mushrooms
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9. (Long Zongzi) The zong leaves on the left and right sides are folded in the middle to completely cover the filling
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10. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) After being folded, just one palm (left hand) can be held. Pull the zong leaves to make the package tightly
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11. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) With the right hand, close the front zong leaves to the bottom
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12. (Long Zongzi) Then turn the zongzi around, the unfolded end is up, shaking down, so that the filling sinks
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13. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) Continue to close the front zong leaves with the right hand to the bottom
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14. (Long-shaped Zongzi) The embryonic form of the Zongzi came out
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15. (Long Zongzi) Take a water plant and fold it back at 10-15cm, like an irregular n-shape (see picture)
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16. (Long Zongzi) Take the long end of the water plant and start to wrap around until it goes around the whole zongzi
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17. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) In the final part, pass the aquatic plants through the hole
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18. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) Grasp the two ends of the aquatic plants and pull gently to tighten the rope
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19. (Long Zongzi) Tie a knot at both ends to the middle
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20. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) The rice dumplings can be lifted up, even if they are just cooked, they are not afraid of being hot.
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21. (Long-shaped rice dumplings) Wrapped like this
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22. (Triangular rice dumplings) Take one big and one small rice dumplings and stack them together
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23. (Triangular rice dumplings) Fold out a funnel shape from the middle, hold it with your left hand, and the short side of the rice dumplings towards you
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24. (Triangular rice dumplings) Add a spoonful of glutinous rice beans
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25. (Triangular rice dumplings) Put another piece of pork belly and 1-2 pieces of shiitake mushrooms
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26. (Triangular rice dumplings) Finally, put a spoonful of glutinous rice beans to cover the pork belly and mushrooms
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27. (Triangular rice dumplings) Start folding the zong leaves on the side close to the body, and fold toward the middle
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28. (Triangular rice dumplings) Fold the zong leaves in front to the middle
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29. (Triangular rice dumplings) Fold the zong leaves on the left to the middle
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30. (Triangular rice dumplings) Finally, the zong leaves to the right are folded in the middle
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31. (Triangular rice dumplings) Cut off the extra irregular zongzi leaves
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32. (Triangular rice dumpling) Take a water plant and fold it back at 10-15cm, like an irregular n-shape (see picture)
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33. (Triangular rice dumplings) Take the long end of the water plant and start to wrap around until it goes around the whole zongzi
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34. (Triangular rice dumplings) At the end, pass the water plants through the hole
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35. (Triangular rice dumplings) Grasp the two ends of the aquatic plants and pull gently to tighten the rope
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36. (Triangular rice dumplings) Tie a knot at both ends to the middle
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37. (Triangular rice dumplings) wrapped like this
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38. Boil in a large pot for 3 hours, the water is almost level with the rice dumplings
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Tips:1. The reason why zong leaves are boiled is to increase the toughness of the leaves and not easy to break
2. If you don’t have southern milk, you can use 3 tablespoons of barbecued pork sauce instead
3. Zongzi pot in cold water
