How to make colorful rice dumplings

The nutritional value of colorful rice dumplings is very high. As winter approaches quietly, preparing such a dish on the winter dinner table is very appetizing and can stimulate your appetite. Colorful rice dumplings are also a good dish for health and whitening. They can promote fat metabolism and become a favorite dish for female friends. Friends who like spicy food can add more chili for seasoning.

1. First, squeeze the juice. Fry the purple cabbage, carrots, and spinach separately and squeeze them into juice. Start by squeezing the vegetable puree, then add appropriate amount of cold water.

2. Divide the glutinous rice into three portions and put them into the vegetable juice and soak them for 12 hours. When the soaking is almost done, wash the dates and raisins. (Dates and raisins do not need to be soaked in advance).

3. Prepare the rice dumpling leaves and ropes. I bought fresh zongzi leaves and boiled them in boiling water for half an hour. The rope for wrapping zongzi was grown in my mother's yard last year and soaked for 5 hours in advance. To make it look good, cut off a little bit of the front and back of the rice dumpling leaves with scissors.

4. Take a piece of zongzi leaf, roll it up from one-third of the way and put in purple glutinous rice.

5. Place dates and raisins in the middle.

6. Put purple glutinous rice on top.

7. Turn the unwrapped rice dumpling over and press the left side with your thumb.

8. Use your right hand to fold the remaining rice dumpling leaves towards the palm of your left hand. At this time, you should clench your left hand.

9. Hold a rope in your left hand and wrap the rice dumpling in a circle with moderate force. (If it’s too loose, the rice dumplings will fall apart, and if it’s too tight, the glutinous rice won’t expand, so you have to wrap them yourself)

10. After wrapping, put the rice dumplings into the pot and cook them.

11. In this case, the water should be higher than the dumplings. Put the steamer on the rice dumpling and press a bowl of water on top. Steam over high heat. After the fire boils, turn to medium heat and steam for 1 hour to one and a half hours.

12. About an hour and a half later, the rice dumplings came out of the pot. I wonder what the color will be like (last time I also soaked glutinous rice in purple cabbage juice for 6 hours, and after steaming, there was no color). So, I am looking forward to it...

13. Wow, the color is so beautiful. After a long wait, there was finally a result.

14. I used ropes to remember the three colors, so I found the purple rice dumpling quickly.

15. Later, green rice dumplings were also found.

Cooking at home with the help of your family can enhance the relationship between each other. The method of making colorful rice dumplings is simple and suitable for making at home.