How to make Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings

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    Soak the ginger and rice for two hours in advance, scald the reed leaves in a pot of boiling water and take them out for later use. Wash the red dates and prepare the string.

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    Choose the quantity according to the width of the reed leaves. I don’t like them too big, so I used three leaves and folded them into a funnel shape.

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    Put a date.

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    Put in a small amount of glutinous rice.

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    Put two more dates.

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    Fill in rice again, don’t make it too full!

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    Hold it with your left hand and cover the leaves with your right hand.

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    Pull the leaves over again.

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    Fold downward to make an angle.

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    Tie with string.

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    A rice dumpling is finished!

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    Beautiful!

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    Make all the rice dumplings in turn and cut off the leaf tips.

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    Pour in an appropriate amount of water to cover the ingredients.

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    After the fire is boiled, turn to medium heat, cook for 40 minutes, and simmer for a while.

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    Wait patiently!

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    Sweet and soft, a healthy Dragon Boat Festival!