Pineapple leaf rice dumplings

Overview

In addition to bamboo leaves, there is another kind of rice dumpling leaves in the mountainous areas of Shandong, which are pineapple leaves, but they are not the leaves of the fruit pineapple, but the leaves of a tree. Its price is slightly more expensive than the rice dumpling leaves, and it is not difficult to wrap. Pineapple leaves need to be soaked and boiled before use.

Tags

• snacks
• old man
• festival customs
• traditional food
• dragon boat festival
• zongzi
• summer recipes
• cooking wine
• egg
• glutinous rice
• light soy sauce
• onions
• pork
• red beans
• red dates
• white sugar
• ginger

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 This is pineapple leaves. I buy 2 pounds of pineapple leaves every year for 4 yuan per pound

   

2. 2 Soak the leaves in a large pot overnight, scrub them clean, boil them in a large pot, boil the water and cook for 30 minutes; remove the leaves, pour out the water and use them

   

3. 3 Soak the glutinous rice in water one night in advance. The best soaking time is more than 10 hours. Use very little to soak other red beans, dates, and lotus seeds. Just soak the red dates one hour in advance;

   

4. 4 Take out some of the soaked glutinous rice and pour in an appropriate amount of light soy sauce, about 50 ml, mix well and set aside

   

5. 5 Marinate the pork one day in advance to add flavor. Cut the pork into pieces (any size), add cooking wine, light soy sauce, green onion, ginger, and sugar. Put it in a plastic bag and mix well. Refrigerate for one day to marinate and add flavor, about 20 hours

   

6. 6 All materials are ready, and an appropriate amount of cotton thread is prepared for tying the rice dumplings

   

7. 7 The burred side of the pineapple leaves faces outward. According to the size of the leaves, several leaves are put into one large sheet. First, put in an appropriate amount of glutinous rice and spread it out

   

8. 8 Put another piece of meat,

   

9. 9 Spread a little glutinous rice on top of the meat

   

10. 10 First fold it in half left and right,

    

11. 11 Then fold it up and down. If the leaf is accidentally punctured, pour out the rice and start again

    

12. 12 Fold it in half and hold it tightly with your hands. Wrap your right hand with cotton thread from top to bottom. Once wrapped, it will be purple

    

13. 13 First put some water in a large pot (not too much, don't burn the rice dumplings) and bring to a boil. At the same time, prepare another boiling water. After the water boils, add the rice dumplings, then pour in the boiling water until the rice dumplings are submerged.

    

14. 14 Place a grate on top, then a large bowl filled with water, cover the pot and cook, bring to a boil over high heat, and simmer over medium-high heat for an hour

    

15. 15 After an hour, add the hard-boiled eggs (make another pot and cook for a while). When the water has gone down a little, pour in an appropriate amount of boiling water to cover the rice dumplings and continue to cook for another hour and a half

    

16. 16 Cover the cooked rice dumplings and continue to simmer for 1-2 hours. Then take out the rice dumplings and eggs and start eating