How to make rice dumplings? Recipe for rice dumplings! 粽子
Zongzi (or simply zong) (Chinese: 粽子) is a traditional Chinese food, made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves. They are cooked by steaming or boiling. Laotians, Thais, and Cambodians (known as nom asom) also have similar traditional dishes.
In the Western world, they are also known as rice dumplings. In Indonesia and Malaysia, they are known as bakcang, bacang, or zang (Chinese: 肉粽; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-chàng), a loanword from Hakka, a Chinese dialect commonly used among Indonesian-Chinese, rather than Mandarin. Along the same lines, zongzi are more popularly known as machang among Chinese Filipinos.
Duan Wu Festival (端午节) or Dragon Boat Festival is around the corner! It’s coming Saturday! Have you eaten any Bak Chang yet?
Now I will show you the way how to make Bak Chang or Rice Dumpling! The recipe to it!
The ingredients that you need for Bak Chang or Rice Dumpling:
Glutinous rice 糯米
Wash and soak it in water for few hours or over night.
Fry the glutinous rice!
Mushroom 冬菇
Wash and soak it in water for few hours or over night.
Fry the mushroom!
Chestnut 栗子
Boil the Chestnut 栗子
Kidney Beans 眉豆
Boil the Kidney Beans 眉豆
Salted Egg Yolk 咸蛋黄
Look at the Salted Egg Yolk 咸蛋黄! So round and yummy~!
You can make it to small pieces if you want to make smaller Bak Chang.
Pork “Fah Yuk” 花肉
Yellow Beans 黄豆
Bamboo leaves 粽竹叶
Strings 绳子
Once you get ready all the ingredients and you are ready to make your rice dumplings (Bak Chang)!
Wrap the rice dumpling… (put all the ingredient together and wrap it!)
Tie it up!
Set it on fire and boil it! (around 3 hours)
Taadaa, the rice dumplings are ready to be served!
Check out the video below to see how the steps to make Rice Dumpling!
How to make rice dumpling recipe