How To Wrap a Pyramid shaped Sticky Rice Dumpling Recipe
Dragon Boat Festival (端午節) is coming on the weekend this year. Get ready to make some sticky rice dumplings (zongzi 鹹肉糭) to celebrate? When I first learnt to make zongzi, I took the easiest way. Here's the recipe I posted previously. It only needs three pieces of bamboo leaves to wrap a zongzi. If you jump on the bandwagon to try making zongzi at home, I highly recommend the easiest method.
I reckon this pyramid shaped sticky rice dumpling is the most beautiful one. It’s the traditional shape mostly made by Hong Kong people. You need four pieces of bamboo leaves to make a dumpling. It sounds too many things to manage. But don’t be nervous. I posted a tutorial video below the recipe. It’s not that difficult as you thought.
You need the following ingredients to wrap one pyramid shaped sticky rice dumpling. As for preparing the ingredients, please refer to the previous recipe.
- By Christine's Recipes Prep time: 10 mins
- Cook time: 5 mins
- Yield: 2 to 3 serves
- Ingredients:
- 4 pieces bamboo leaves, soaked and trimmed
- 4 Tbsp glutinous rice, soaked and seasoned
- 2 to 3 Tbsp mung beans, soaked and seasoned
- kitchen twine for tying
- Fillings:
- 1 piece pork belly, seasoned
- 1 salted egg yolk
- 3 to 4 slices shiitake mushrooms
- 5 to 6 dried shrimps, soaked and sautéed until aromatic
Method:
Layer two bamboo leaves like an X shape, smooth side up, and form a cone in the middle. Be sure there’s no hole at the tip.
Add in 2 tablespoons of glutinous rice, 1 tablespoon of mung beans, followed by the fillings, pork belly, egg yolk, mushroom and dried shrimps as desired. Top with mung beans and glutinous rice.
Fold the upper and lower part of bamboo leaves to the middle. Add a bamboo leaf on each side to seal well and form a pyramid.
Here’s a tutorial video. Hope it helps.
Notes：
Trim off the tip and end of each bamboo leaf before wrapping.
Take note of the directions of tying kitchen twine. It should be running opposite direction of the bamboo leaves as the picture shown. Or else, the leaves will slip off easily and you’ll lose the rice inside.
Don’t tie the twine too tight or too loose as you want the dumplings look good.
The boiling time of dumplings is about 2 to 3 hours, depending on how big your dumplings are.