What kind of rice is used for dumplings

The zongzi, steamed from glutinous rice wrapped in zongzi leaves, is one of the traditional festive foods of the nation. Glutinous rice, also known as river rice, for the gramineous plant rice (glutinous rice) shelled seed kernels, glutinous rice has a slippery texture, sticky characteristics, with glutinous rice made out of zongzi, soft sticky taste, nutritional value is also very high, consumption of zongzi can be supplemented for the body of protein, fat, niacin, carbohydrates, and other nutrients, moderate consumption of zongzi has the benefits of supplemental nutrients, and to promote metabolism, and so on. Rice can not replace glutinous rice package dumplings. Rice dumplings soft, this is because glutinous rice with sticky, so that the dumplings will be more delicious, rice does not have such characteristics, therefore, rice can not replace the glutinous rice package dumplings.