How to make your own rice dumplings

Office workers are usually too busy with work to take care of themselves, so they may choose to eat out, which can easily have an adverse effect on their health over time. In fact, many dishes are very simple, such as the method of making self-made rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is very suitable for making at home after get off work.

1. Prepare glutinous rice and soak it in cold water for 2 hours

2. Soak the mung beans in hot water for about 5 hours.

3. Soak the red beans in hot water for 5 hours

4. Wash the leaves while soaking the rice, cut a whole hemp rope into 10 pieces of the same length, and tie them together, 10 pieces in a bundle

5. Wash and pit the red dates, chop them into small pieces, and divide the glutinous rice into two portions. Top one portion with red dates and red beans.

6. Prepare a pair of chopsticks and a spoon

7. Another one dressed as green bean

8. Place the leaves back to back

9. Roll it up like this

10. Put the glutinous rice in with a spoon, insert the chopsticks tightly, and then press the top flat with your thumb.

11. Roll it again

12. Fold the excess part to the left and press it with your thumb.

13. Press the protruding leaves over and pinch them into a triangle with your fingers.

14. Wrap the rope around the back of the zongzi, make a knot and tighten it. Wrap it again and tie it tightly.

15. Take a rope that was previously fixed to the chair and press it with your middle finger (as shown in the picture)

16. After wrapping, it will look like this

17. Here is another picture of the back, so that you can understand it more easily.

18. This is freshly wrapped.

19. Put the zongzi in a large pot with water, put a steaming grid on top, and then put a heavy plate to press it down. Cook over high heat for 1 hour. After turning off the heat, let the zongzi soak in the pot for another 1 to 2 hours.

20. This is the cooked rice dumpling

21. Post a beautiful picture

22. Another one

23. Here's another one

You can eat more homemade rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival in the summer, but some people don’t like too cold food. You can heat it up before eating. It has a very high nutritional value and can supplement various nutrients needed by the human body.