肉粽 *Glutinous Rice Dumpling

这个时候突然出现粽子，好像有点迟哦？做这些粽子已经有一段时间了。今年端午节的时候在中国商店买了粽子，想说过节嘛，至少也要吃一个来迎节吧！打开粽子，咬了又咬，一口接着一口，全都是糯米。最后终于给我找到了函，乌龟。。。。整个粽子里唯一的函就是一块大拇指指甲一般大的100%肥猪肉！2.80英镑的粽子原来是这样的水准，很想去撞墙死掉算了。。。

就因为心里气，嘴巴不停的在念。。。小华应该懒得听我粹粹念，最后决定自己包粽子给我吃！从小到大我自己的家人从来都没有包粽子的习惯，也好像没有人会包，加上阿麻的家里每到端午节就会有人送粽子，‘进货’进到源源不绝，根本没有那个必要自己去做粽子。也因为如此，对包粽子这一门功夫我一点头绪也没有。心里一直想要怎么包才能确定不会漏米。

终于有机会看真人秀表演了！小华包粽子的技术一流！他说小时候家婆都是教他们兄弟先学用沙子包，只要粽叶不漏沙子就算成功过关了！自己包的粽子真好，想要放什么料就放什么料，想要放多少料都可以，不用再被无良商家/厨师骗钱买一个乌龟粽子吃了。。。爽！

这次的粽子里放了香菇、黑眼豆、虾米、鲁肉。。。热吃没那么美味，冷了超好吃，过了夜更好吃！做了20多颗的粽子，自己吃掉蛮多颗的，也分了几个给同事吃。哦！没想到老外会那么爱粽子咯！我自己以前最高纪录是一天里可以啃掉10个肉粽，现在最多只能一天3-4粒。还好天生胃酸多，糯米吃多了不会有消化不良的症状。

煮了2个多钟，糯米煮到软软粘粘的，超好吃！下次我自己动手做的话才把食谱放上来！


Glutinous Rice Dumpling or known as 'Zong Zi' in Mandarin, is commonly eaten during Dragon Boat Festival to commermorate a famous Chinese scholar Qu Yuan. The festival falls on the fifth day of fifth month of Chinese calendar.

Besides glutinous rice, normally the dumpling is also stuffed with braised pork, beans and other ingredients, anything that is liked by the people who made them. In my dumpling, I added braised pork, dried shrimps, black eye peas and Chinese mushrooms.

A special kind of bamboo leave is used to wrapped the rice. The leaves could be purchased from any Chinese Shops. It needs to be cleaned, washed and cooked in boiling water for a few minutes before use. The secret of success lies on the techniques and skills of wrapping. You have to make sure everything is wrapped and tied up well, or the rice may leak from the leave while cooking. It needs to be cooked in boiling water for at least 2 hours.

I bring one for Bernice and one for Danaii the next day. So surprise to know that both of them love it so much! I bring them more on the following day.

Oh, don't forget to have Glutinous Rice Dumpling with some Chinese tea/ green tea, that will helps you to digest better.