How to make Zongzi for Dragon Boat Festival

Urbanites commute twice a day, and their destination is always office buildings and apartments. They have no time to cook, but after getting used to fast food, they will also miss home-cooked meals. The preparation of Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings is convenient and quick. The delicious food can be cooked in just over ten minutes. It only needs to be steamed, and there is no need to worry about the harm of oil fumes.

1. Marinate the pork belly with cooking wine, soy sauce and five-spice powder for 5 hours. Wash the glutinous rice and soak it in water for 5 hours. Wash and soak red beans, mung beans, and millet in advance. Wash and soak mushrooms and dried shrimps in advance.

2. Wash the rice dumplings leaves and disinfect them with boiling water.

3. Let the leaves dry, but don’t let any water drip off. If they are too dry, it will be difficult to wrap.

4. Add glutinous rice, peanuts, millet, red beans, marinated pork belly soup, sesame oil, a little salt and mix well.

5. Cut the pork belly into pieces, slice the mushrooms and Chinese sausage, and prepare the dried shrimps

6. Take two pieces of zong leaves and make them into a funnel shape

7. Put a layer of glutinous rice first

8. Add another layer of pork belly, mushrooms, dried shrimps, and Chinese sausage

9. Add another layer of glutinous rice on top

10. Wrap into diamond shape

11. Tie the rope tightly

12. Add water to the pot and bring to a boil, then cook over medium heat for 2 hours

13. It’s out of the pot

14. Finished product image

The preparation of Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings is not difficult. Whether you are a novice or an old hand in cooking, even if you don’t know how to cook, this dish will not be difficult for you.