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Clay dumplings tutorial

The clay dumplings tutorial is as follows:

The specific tutorial for dumpling clay is shown below:

First take a piece of white clay and pinch it into a triangle.

Then take a piece of green clay and roll it into a strip, flatten and roll it out thinly, then use a ruler to press out the texture.

Continue to trim the ends with scissors into the shape of a dumpling leaf, wrap it around the white clay and fold the excess underneath.

Next, roll out thin strips of red clay and fold them into the shape of a bow before attaching them to the leaves.

Finally, draw on the eyes and mouth, a small leaf on the top of the head, and apply blush, and the cute dumplings are finished.

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Cooking steps:

1, fresh rice dumplings bought back and washed, and then put into the pot, add the right amount of water and salt, cook for 15 minutes, this step can increase the toughness of the rice dumplings, but also better to the rice dumplings on the dirty things to cook clean, boiled rice dumplings fished out of the leaves and cleaned up again, and then dry the water.

2, glutinous rice should be soaked one night in advance, soak until you can use your fingers to crush the degree of soaked glutinous rice out and cleaned jujube mix evenly.

3, the dumpling leaves cut off the head of the excess part, folded into a funnel shape, loaded with the right amount of glutinous rice, pressed firmly some, and then use the remaining part of the dumpling leaves to cover up the glutinous rice.

4, and then the top of the excess leaves of the rice dumplings folded down, the excess leaves folded to one side, the cone above a triangle, so along the rest of the leaves folded down, and then bundled with the cotton rope can be, the rest of the package all good.

5, the pot boiled enough water did not exceed the dumplings, to be the water back to rolling and then with a high fire to cook about 3 hours can be cooked, after cooking, take out while hot.