Deciphering The Natural Five-color Glutinous Rice Practice of The Zhuang Nationality
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Maple leaves are used to make black glutinous rice.
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Mash the maple leaves and soak them in water for a day and night.
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Remove the residue of the maple leaf dye solution and squeeze the water.
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Heat a clean, oil-free iron pan, and pour the maple leaf dye solution. Then pour out the dye solution, reheat the pot, continue to pour the dye solution, and repeat this several times. (The picture is a soup pot. The iron pot was very busy when making it. After cooking, it was transferred to the soup pot to take pictures.)
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Wait until the temperature of the dye solution in the pot drops to about 50 degrees, put in the dry glutinous rice and soak for 10 hours.
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Red rice leaves are used to make red glutinous rice.
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Cut the red and blue grass (red rice leaves) into sections, put them in a clean oil-free iron pot, add water to boil the color.
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Take out the red and blue grass to get the red rice leaf dye solution. Wait until the temperature of the dye solution drops to about 50 degrees, put in the dry glutinous rice and soak for 10 hours.
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Purple rice leaves are used to make red glutinous rice.
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Cut the red and blue grass (purple rice leaves) into sections, put them in a clean oil-free iron pot, add water to boil the color.
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Take out the red and blue grass to get the purple rice leaf dye solution. Wait until the temperature of the dye solution drops to about 50 degrees, put in the dry glutinous rice and soak for 10 hours.
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Yellow ginger is used to make yellow glutinous rice. Chop the yellow ginger into pieces.
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Put the yellow ginger into a clean, oil-free pot, add water to boil the color. The yellow ginger is filtered out to obtain the yellow ginger dye solution.
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Wait until the temperature of the dye solution drops to about 50 degrees, put in dry glutinous rice and soak for 10 hours.
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Soak the white glutinous rice in cold water for 10 hours to make white glutinous rice.
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After soaking the glutinous rice, drain the glutinous rice separately and air-dry for about 15 minutes.
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Before serving the steamer, stir in a little cooking oil.
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Wet the gauze and wring out the water, spread it on the steamer, and put glutinous rice in a five-color shape.
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. After steaming the steamer, steam for about an hour.
