How to make the best traditional rice dumplings

Main ingredient: 2500 grams of glutinous rice

Accessories: moderate amount of lye, appropriate amount of rice dumpling leaves, cotton thread

Steps

1. Glutinous rice is cleaned and put into a sieve to drain the water.

2. Wash the leaves and boil them in water.

3. Cut off the leaf stalks with scissors.

4. Put the appropriate amount of alkaline water in the glutinous rice and mix well.

5. Take two rice dumpling leaves, slightly staggered stacked.

6. Put glutinous rice.

7. Gather the top and bottom to the center and roll tightly.

8. Fold one end toward the back of the rice dumpling leaf.

9. Fold the other end back.

10. Tie with cotton thread.

11. Do all the dumplings in turn.

12. Yards into the pot, add water did not exceed the dumplings, the entire state to keep the water boiling to cook for 2 hours.