The practice of bamboo tube zongzi

Bamboo zongzi is a very common snack, which is simply good news for those who can't make zongzi. You can easily make bamboo zongzi without any skill at all. Moreover, this kind of bamboo tube zongzi made by ourselves will never be worse than ordinary zongzi or those sold outside, because ordinary zongzi has the fragrance of zongzi leaves, but bamboo tube zongzi has the fragrance of bamboo. Usually we eat bamboo tube zongzi outside, and there is no smell of bamboo, because that bamboo has been used many times. Let's see how to make bamboo tube zongzi.

I prepared 600 grams of glutinous rice, because I was afraid that the subsequent cooking time would be too long, so I soaked the glutinous rice all night, which would make the cooking process easier. After cleaning, put it in a container, and we need to prepare some other ingredients. Because red dates are used to make bamboo zongzi,150g dried red dates are prepared. You can change them into other ingredients as long as you like. After washing this dried jujube, put it on the chopping board, cut everything to remove the jujube core and turn it into small pieces.

Add all red dates into glutinous rice and stir to make them evenly distributed. At this time, you can add some sugar or not, but there will be some differences in sweetness when eating. Now prepare the bamboo tube of bamboo tube zongzi. This bamboo has a bottom, but the top is open and has been split. We tied the bamboo tube that was split in half with cotton thread, so as not to let it fall apart. This kind of bamboo tube is easy to buy. If there is no one in the supermarket, it will be everywhere on the Internet.

Then we take a spoon and put glutinous rice and red dates into this bamboo tube. The more uniform the distribution of glutinous rice and red dates, the better. Otherwise, where there are many red dates, because there is less glutinous rice, it is easy to spread out and not form. After adding some glutinous rice and red dates, poke them with chopsticks or other tools to keep them tightly in the bamboo tube, otherwise there will be an unformed state. After you put the glutinous rice and red dates in, you can plug the cork of this bamboo tube. Naturally, you bring it with you when you buy it.

600 grams of glutinous rice, red dates 150 grams, can make eight bamboo zongzi. Now, put these eight bamboo tube zongzi into the pot to cook. Because it may take a long time to cook, add more water to the pot, otherwise the water in the subsequent process will not flood the bamboo tube. Put all these bamboo zongzi into the water and start cooking directly. At first, the fire is to let the water in the pot boil first, and then turn off the fire when the water boils, as long as it can keep the water boiling.

Cook for about two hours, because the glutinous rice has been soaked all night. Now you can take out the bamboo tube, and you can clearly see that the water in the pot has changed color, because the bamboo is cooked. This bamboo tube should be put in warm water, which not only cools down, but also makes it easier to demould. Untie the rope on the bamboo tube, then remove the cork, insert the bamboo stick and break the bamboo tube. can