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Corn Leaf Eight-Treasure Zongzi Exclusive

Corn Leaf Eight-Treasure Zongzi Exclusive

Eight-treasure zongzi of glutinous rice, millet, beans, peanuts and jujubes wrapped in fresh corn husks, boiled until sticky and wholesomely sweet.

Instructions

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    Cut a slice off the bottom of the corn.

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    Rotating to peel off the corn husks.

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    Clean thoroughly.

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    Soak glutinous rice and millet in water for 2 hours, soak red beans, green beans, and peanuts overnight in advance, and wash corn kernels and red dates for later use.

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    Put all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix evenly with an appropriate amount of sugar.

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    The corn leaves are bent into a hole-like shape.

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    Scoop in an appropriate amount of eight-treasure rice and add red dates.

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    Scoop in some more Eight Treasure rice and press it down firmly.

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    Fold the corn leaf upwards, then pinch down the two sides of the corn leaf to wrap the glutinous rice, and then fold the top of the corn leaf towards the lower right and pinch it tightly.

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    Use the zongzi string to tie the zongzi tightly and securely.

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    These are the corn zongzi made in the morning.

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    Show off the mini version.

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    Place the wrapped zongzi in a pressure cooker, add cold water until it covers the zongzi, cover, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and cook for 40-50 minutes. (If the zongzi are large, the cooking time should be correspondingly longer).

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    Rich in taste, with the fresh fragrance of corn.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • glutinous rice
    to taste
  • Proso millet
    to taste
  • Red bean
    to taste
  • Peanut
    to taste
  • Mung bean
    to taste
  • red date
    to taste
  • corn kernels
    to taste
  • Corn leaves
    to taste

Seasonings

  • white sugar
    to taste