Candied Date Zongzi

Soak the rice in water at least 3.4 hours in advance. I soak it in the evening and start wrapping it the next morning, all night long

Candied dates are ready

Boil fresh rice dumpling leaves in boiling water for about 2 minutes, take them out and soak them in cold water

After soaking the horse lotus, use scissors to cut it into two pieces. Using a whole piece is too thick

Take two rice dumpling leaves and put them together. You can put them overlapping or slightly staggered. Make a small conical pocket with your right hand counterclockwise and hold it with your left hand

Then put rice and dates into the small pocket. When the rice is full, pinch it with the tiger's mouth between your thumb and index finger so that the rice dumpling looks like a triangle, and the "tip" of the triangle is the tiger's mouth, facing you

Hold the rice dumpling with your left hand and cover the upward triangular surface of the leaf with your right hand

Hold the zongzi with your left hand, and arrange the excess leaves with your right hand. Use the thumb and index finger of your left hand to smooth down the edges of the zongzi leaves at the upper triangle, and pinch

Use your right hand to pull down the excess part at the tip of the rice dumpling leaf

.After pulling off the rice dumpling leaves, arrange them flat and tuck them to one side

Tie Ma Lian and seal the mouth of the rice dumpling

Put the wrapped rice dumplings into the pressure cooker, pour in cold water and level with the rice dumplings

Press the lid on the rice dumplings

Place a plate on the drawer

Cook over low heat until the pressure cooker starts steaming and cook for half an hour

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