Today (6/22) is the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival. When it comes to Dragon Boat Festival, the first thing that comes to mind is probably the Zongzi! I believe you must be busy buying ingredients or rice dumplings around the world to prepare for the festival. Do you know the little knowledge about various rice dumplings? Today, [PrimePlus Health Designer] brand nutritionist Sean not only wants to share knowledge about zongzi with you, but also publicly open the tips for choosing ingredients and the secrets of delicious and healthy when making zongzi!
Types of zongzi
zongzi has a very long history in Asian society. As the times go by, zongzi with different cultural characteristics has also been derived from various places. In Taiwan alone, the so-called northern rice dumplings, southern rice dumplings, rice dumplings, stew dumplings, and Huzhou rice dumplings have developed special zongzi, and the methods and inner foods have their own advantages. Let’s take a look!
· Northern Zongzi: The method of making northern Zongzi is to fry the glutinous rice first, then add pork belly, bamboo till, dried mushrooms, rice, egg yeast, dried sausage and other ingredients, then wrap it with osmanthus leaves, and steam it when you want to eat it. Because it is stir-frying with oil, it will give people a clear feeling on the outside.
· Southern Zongzi: When making Southern Zongzi, you will use raw glutinous rice to mix pork, red tangerine, chestnuts, peanuts and taro and other ingredients, wrap them together in the bamboo leaves, and then cook them in hot water over high heat. Because the boiling time is longer, the taste of the Zongzi will be more sticky and dense.
· Kuai Zong:
The characteristic of Kuai Zong is that the rice grains cannot be seen on the outside. The reason is that it is to add glutinous rice flour to water or knead the rice flour into glutinous rice noodles, then add the meat, rice, dried tangerine, mushrooms and other ingredients that have been stir-fried in advance, wrap it with rice leaves and put it in a steamed pot and steam it and cook it.
·生本:生本营, also known as sweet rice dumplings or scattered rice dumplings, are made of glutinous rice dumplings, wrapped with green bamboo leaves and boiled in water. The reason for adding sintered water is to gelatinize the powder in glutinous rice, increase viscosity and elasticity, and create a q-flavored texture. Before eating, you will usually drizzle with fructose, honey and other sugars to increase the flavor.
·Huzhou Zongzi: Huzhou Zongzi is a common taste in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The method is to soak the rice first and then marinate it with sauce, sugar, and salt, then wrap it with a piece of the same-sauce half-fat and half-slim pork and rice into the rice leaves, and finally cook it for 3 and a half hours and eat it.
Things to note when choosing ingredientsFor ingredients on the market such as glutinous rice, bay rice, dried vegetables, peanuts, egg yeast and mushrooms, how should we choose ingredients to make the rice dumplings taste delicious and safe? First of all, we can check the quality of the ingredients through appearance and smell. The fresh glutinous rice color should be opaque milky white, with complete shape and full grains. If the surface of the rice grains is yellow or black, there may be doubts about mold or growing. The appearance of the rice rice should be completely red, and the interior is pink and white. If the color is too tender or has a pungent smell, it can be It is doubtful to soak chemicals; good-quality dried vegetable candy should be dark brown and has no bacterial growth black marks, which sounds like a scent and no strange smell. You should also avoid choosing those with too white color, which may contain excessive preservatives or bleach; duck egg yellow should be chosen to have a complete appearance without breaking, and the color will appear from the outside to the inside, from the outside to the inside to the inside. The color of the egg yellow is even more colorful than the fresh and lusty ones, and it may have been dyed with pigment.
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Make good rice dumplings in good health, and don’t gain weight
In addition to the common flavors, Sean also wants to share with you some small ideas when making rice dumplings, so that the rice dumplings you make are both delicious and healthy!
1. Replace some glutinous rice with five grains: When making rice dumplings, you can use ingredients such as swallow malt, coix seed, purple rice, etc. to replace some glutinous rice. These ingredients contain dietary fibers, which can help improve the health of our kidneys and stomach, and the heat content in rice dumplings will also be greatly reduced!
2. Vegetables are made of ingredients: Who said that only meat can be added to rice dumplings! Wrapped in the rice dumplings with bamboo, corn, apricot mushrooms and other vegetables as feeds. In addition to providing rich nutrients, it can also reduce the heat-filled ingestion and increase the feeling of footwork.
3. Bean products and low-fat meats replace pork belly: pork belly is delicious, but it is a high-fat food and it is easy to eat too much heat inadvertently. Therefore, we might as well use low-fat soy products or meat ingredients such as dried tofu and fish to replace pork belly.
After following these three principles, a delicious and healthy creative rice dumpling is ready!
After reading the creative glutinous rice dumplings, let’s try this year’s Dragon Boat Festival! I believe you can also enjoy delicious rice dumplings while taking care of your health. In the holidays, don’t forget to go out for more walks and consume heat, so that the rice dumplings you eat will no longer be your heavy burden!
"PrimePlus Health Designer" wishes everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival holiday.