The Simplest [bean Paste Rice Dumplings]
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---Soak glutinous rice for more than 4 hours. If conditions permit, it is best to soak for more than 12 hours. The longer the soaking is, the more sticky the rice dumplings will be. ----Soak the red beans for about 4 hours. You need to boil them first. Bring to a high heat and cook for about 5-10 minutes. Turn off the heat and mix the glutinous rice with the cooked red beans. ----You can cook the red bean paste yourself or buy ready-made ones.----Wash the zong leaves, cook them in a pot for about 15 minutes, take them out and wrap them, so that the zong leaves will be softer and easier to wrap.
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Bao Zong Dumplings: Roll up into a bucket, fill in a little mixed glutinous rice, and then add a little red bean paste. The amount depends on the size of your zongzi. Then put a little more glutinous rice on the bean paste, 9 minutes full of rice. Fold it down from top to bottom, wrap it tightly along the direction of the zong leaves, and then tear it into strips with cotton thread or zong leaves and tie it tightly, which will wrap the zongzi in a triangular shape.
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Cooking zongzi: It is best to spread a layer of zongzi leaves on the bottom of the pot. The water should be about 3 cm above the zongzi. Bring to a high heat, turn to a low heat and cook for more than 1 hour. If the rice dumplings are less than 4 kilograms of rice, they can be cooked almost in 1 hour. The cooking time is also related to the time when the rice is soaked. The longer you soak the rice, the easier it will be to cook. I soaked it for 4 hours and cooked it for an hour and a half. You can use it as a reference.