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Exclusive Sticky Rice Dumplings with Millet and Jujube

Exclusive Sticky Rice Dumplings with Millet and Jujube

Golden glutinous millet zongzi wrapped around honeyed jujubes, pressure-cooked until the grains turn soft and sticky-sweet, offering a wholesome, naturally sugary filling.

Instructions

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    A proper amount of hulled millet, soaked for 24 hours, tastes better.

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    An appropriate amount of dried jujubes, set aside.

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    Place two overlapping bamboo leaves, fold them in the middle into a funnel shape, add an appropriate amount of glutinous millet, put in a jujube, then add some more glutinous millet and press it flat.

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    Wrap the zongzi well, wind the string around several times, tie the string, and finish making all of them.

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    Put it in a pressure cooker, cook until done, and then take it out.

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    Place the zongzi into a container, add an appropriate amount of cold water, soak for several hours, and then it can be eaten.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Proso millet
    to taste
  • Fresh bamboo leaves
    to taste
  • Clear water
    to taste
  • candied jujube
    to taste