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What are the delicious foods made of glutinous rice?

Delicacies made of glutinous rice include: glutinous rice cake, glutinous rice cake, glutinous rice dumplings, zongzi and so on.

1, glutinous rice cake

Glutinous rice cake is a traditional cake with the characteristics of old Beijing, which is suitable for eating in summer. Cold cakes in festivals are also delicious. In northern Shanxi, Shaanxi and western Inner Mongolia, the custom of eating cold cakes during the Dragon Boat Festival is popular.

2. Glutinous rice

Glutinous rice is a medicated diet made of glutinous rice as the main material. Glutinous rice is one of the staple foods of Miao people and plays an important role in their lives. Gifts for visiting relatives and friends and staple foods for various festivals (Sister's Day) are mostly various foods made of glutinous rice.

3, glutinous rice cut cake

Glutinous rice cake slice is a common traditional snack, which belongs to Double Ninth Festival food.

4. Glutinous rice dumplings

Tangyuan, also called Mao Tangyuan, is a snack in the south of the Yangtze River. They are made of glutinous rice, minced pork, eggs, ginger, pepper, salt and chicken essence. The raw materials and shapes of glutinous rice balls vary according to local customs.

5. Zongzi

Zongzi, a steamed food made by wrapping glutinous rice with Zongzi leaves, is one of the traditional festival foods of Han nationality in China. Zongzi, as one of the traditional foods with the deepest historical and cultural accumulation in China, is widely spread. The custom of eating zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival has been popular in China for thousands of years, and spread to South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries.