【dragon Boat Festival·zongzi】healthy Miscellaneous Grain Zongzi
1.
Prepare glutinous rice. Wash with cold water.
2.
Prepare dried zong leaves.
3.
Prepare wheat kernels, corn shreds, mung beans, pinto beans, and sorghum kernels.
4.
After washing the glutinous rice, drain the water (no need to soak).
5.
Add appropriate amount of cold water to the wok and bring to a boil; put the dried zong leaves in boiling water and boil for 2 minutes.
6.
Remove the cooked zong leaves and wash them; cut off the top parts at both ends.
7.
Mix the grains, wash, and mix well with glutinous rice.
8.
Take two zong leaves and cross them into a funnel.
9.
Put in miscellaneous grains and glutinous rice.
10.
Press the zongye with the right hand and fold the glutinous rice inward.
11.
Then fold it to the right and back.
12.
Take a piece of cotton yarn and tie it firmly, not too loose.
13.
Packed miscellaneous grain dumplings.
14.
Prepare a large pot and put in the wrapped zongzi; the added water must submerge the zongzi; bring to a boil on high heat and cook for 1 hour on medium heat.
15.
Cooked rice dumplings. Because the glutinous rice has not been soaked, the cooked rice dumplings are tight, firm and chewy.
Tips:
1. Don't eat too sweet rice dumplings if you have stomach problems, don't eat meat dumplings, egg yolk rice dumplings and too greasy rice dumplings if you have gallstones, cholecystitis and pancreatitis.
2. It is best to drink tea at the same time when eating zongzi to help swallowing and digestion.
3. The zongzi should be fully heated and eaten after boiling it to soften.