How to make red bean and rice dumplings

During the Dragon Boat Festival, people have many traditional programs and foods passed down. The Dragon Boat Festival is a festival to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people hold dragon boat races and make rice dumplings. There are more and more types of rice dumplings, such as red bean and rice dumplings, red bean paste dumplings, meat dumplings and so on. There are many ways to make zongzi. Let’s talk about how to make red bean and rice zongzi.

Red bean and rice dumplings recipe:

1. Wash the glutinous rice, soak it in clean water until it can be crushed, and set aside.

2. Wash the red beans, soak them for 1.5 hours, then mix them together with the glutinous rice and set aside.

3. Wash 300 grams of rice dumplings leaves, put them into a pot and cook for about half an hour, take them out, soak them in cold boiled water and set aside.

4. Take three or four soaked and cleaned rice leaves, arrange them in a row, roll them into a cone-shaped tube, put in the mixed glutinous rice and red beans, wrap them into the shape of a rice dumpling, and tie them tightly with a rope.

5. Place the wrapped rice dumplings in a pot, add water and cook over high heat for about 2 hours, then simmer over low heat for about 3 hours before serving.

Food incompatibility: Red beans: Carp and red beans can both promote diuresis and reduce swelling when cooked together. They are very effective in treating edema caused by nephritis. However, precisely because the diuretic function is too strong, normal people should avoid eating them at the same time, and try to eat them a few hours apart. Whether they can be eaten together depends on different people's physical constitutions.

Benefits of eating red bean and rice dumplings:

1. Glutinous rice nutrition: Glutinous rice is a traditional seasonal food. In addition to the fragrance of fresh glutinous rice, which implies "a year of good harvest and good luck", glutinous rice also has mild nourishing effects such as replenishing qi and warming the stomach, making it suitable for consumption in spring. Glutinous rice contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, B vitamins and starch. It is a food suitable for warming and strengthening the body, and has the effect of replenishing the middle and replenishing qi, and warming the spleen and stomach. Regular consumption can also improve symptoms caused by stomach deficiency and cold, such as nausea, loss of appetite, neurasthenia, muscle weakness, physical fatigue, and abdominal distension during pregnancy.

2. Red bean nutrition: Red bean, also known as adzuki bean, red bean, red bean, and red bean, is a high-protein, low-fat, high-carbohydrate food. It can be cooked with rice and porridge, so it is also called "rice bean". Red beans, belonging to the genus Vigna in the Fabaceae family, are annual upright or twining herbs and the mature seeds of the legume plant adzuki beans. Red beans are rich in nutrients and can be processed into many foods. They are loved by the public and can be regarded as a good grain. Red beans are bright in color and delicious. They are a kind of bean that is both medicinal and edible and is loved by everyone. According to measurements, adzuki beans are rich in nutrients. Every 100g of red beans contains 20.0g of protein, 0.5g of fat, 58.5g of carbohydrates, 4.9g of crude fiber, 23.5g of total dietary fiber, and trace amounts of vitamin B1 0.3mg, B2 0.11mg, etc. It also contains 67.00 mg of calcium, 305.00 mg of phosphorus, 5.20 mg of iron, 0.31 mg of thiamine, 0.11 mg of riboflavin, and 2.70 mg of niacin.