Jiaozi (traditional Dragon Boat Festival cuisine)

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, also known as Dragon Boat Festival, to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. According to legend, Qu Yuan was a minister of Chu. Because he was loyal to the country, he was framed by corrupt officials and finally threw himself into the river. In order to prevent fish and shrimp from eating his body, people put a lot of zongzi on the river.

material

polished glutinous rice

pork

Dried mushrooms (picked in winter)

Salted egg yolk

asparagus

palm leaf

step

1. Ready

Soak glutinous rice for 4-5 hours in advance to allow it to fully absorb water. Cut the pork into small pieces, add cooking wine, salt, soy sauce and ginger slices and marinate for 30 minutes. Soak mushrooms in small pieces in Kamikiri and cut asparagus into small pieces.

Wrap zongzi

Fold two palm leaves together to form a triangle, and fold the leaves on both sides in half to form a funnel. Put some glutinous rice into palm leaves, add pork, mushrooms, salted egg yolk, asparagus and other ingredients, and then add some glutinous rice to wrap the palm leaves tightly. Tie the wrapped zongzi tightly and cook it in a pot.

Boiled zongzi

Put the wrapped zongzi into the pot, add enough water, boil and turn to low heat for 1-2 hours until the zongzi is cooked thoroughly. Take out the zongzi and let it cool before eating.

skill

Pay attention to the size and shape of leaves when making zongzi, so as to make a good-looking zongzi.

When cooking zongzi, add enough water to prevent it from burning.

Zongzi can be frozen and steamed when eaten.

final result

Making zongzi is a traditional Dragon Boat Festival food and an interesting manual activity. I hope that while enjoying the delicious food, everyone can also feel the charm of traditional culture.