How to prepare zongzi for the Dragon Boat Festival
These pyramid-shaped sticky rice dumplings are filled with savoury or sweet ingredients and wrapped in either bamboo or reed leaves. Here's a simple guide to making them at home:
A zongzi wrapping workshop was held at Highland Park Library on 18 May to celebrate China's Dragon Boat Festival.
Photo:
RNZ / Yiting Lin
Examples of the finished product.
Photo:
RNZ / Yiting Lin
Zongzi can be enjoyed warm or at room temperature.
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