Dragon Boat Festival is here, and the fragrance of zongzi is everywhere! Zongzi is delicious, but here are 4 things to pay attention to!

The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. In addition to wanting to take a holiday, many families will consider making their own rice dumplings. The rice dumplings made by yourself are delicious and rich, which is incomparable to the rice dumplings sold outside.

Today I recommend to you the delicious and beautiful colorful red bean paste rice dumplings. The glutinous rice is made of beautiful colorful rice, so the rice dumplings are colorful and very beautiful.

Secondly, low-sugar bean paste is used in the filling. If you don't need to control sugar, ordinary bean paste is also OK. Of course, if you don't like bean paste, you can replace it with salted egg yolk, fresh meat, etc., as long as you like it~

Although zongzi is delicious, Lan Lan also has 4 points to note. Although eating zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival is a custom, it is more important to eat it healthily and safely.

① Eat zongzi while it is hot: For children or the elderly, it is best to eat zongzi while it is hot, and it must be thoroughly heated before eating. After cooling, the amylopectin in the glutinous rice may regenerate, making it difficult to be digested by digestive enzymes;

However, for people with diabetes, it is better to let the rice dumplings cool down before eating, which will have a relatively lower impact on blood sugar and will be more friendly to the body.

② Pay attention to food safety: Zongzi fillings and glutinous rice are foods that are easy to spoil. If you find that the zongzi is stringy after heating, do not eat it.

③ Balanced combination: If you eat zongzi for breakfast, you can pair it with some milk, eggs and side dishes. If it is for lunch, eat vegetables, lean meat and other side dishes first. In short, eat zongzi after other foods rich in dietary fiber and protein. At the same time, it is not recommended to eat zongzi as dinner or midnight snack, which is not very friendly to blood sugar.

④ Reduce other staple foods: Zongzi itself is a carbohydrate bomb, not to mention that some zongzi also contain fat, egg yolk, etc. If you eat zongzi, you should reduce the amount of staple food for the meal or even the day.

Material:

500g colorful rice, 500g low-sugar bean paste, appropriate amount of reed leaves and horseweed

step:

1. Add twice the amount of water to the colorful rice and soak for 3-4 hours. Put the reed leaves and horseweed into the water and cook until the leaves turn yellow-green.

2. Take out 1-2 reed leaves, fold them in the middle to form a funnel shape, add the soaked colorful rice and 20 grams of red bean paste, and then add an appropriate amount of colorful rice to cover the red bean paste.

3. Cover the colorful rice with the extra reed leaves, wrap it tightly, and tie it tightly with horseweed.

4. Arrange the wrapped dumplings in order, put water in the pot to cover the dumplings, bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer for two hours.