Zongzi are a traditional Chinese food
made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings, and wrapped in bamboo
or reed leaves, before being steamed or boiled. In the Western
world, they are also known as rice dumplings or sticky rice dumplings.
These sticky rice
dumplings are the most popular food of the Dragon Boat or (Duan Wu) Festival, but is not only made
for the Festival. It is available at any time of the year, and local
areas have developed their own styles and varieties of sticky rice dumplings. There are mainly
two tastes to Zongzi: Sweet and Savory. Nowadays people even make Zongzi with
mixed sweet and savory fillings.
Sweet Zongzi flavors include plain zongzi, red bean zongzi, horse bean zongzi, date zongzi, rose zongzi, melon zongzi, red bean and lard zongzi, and date paste and lard zongzi.
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| Sweet Zongzi |
Savory Zongzi
flavors include salted pork fat zongzi, sausage zongzi, ham zongzi, dried
shrimp zongzi, and diced meat zongzi.
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| Savory Zongzi |
Emma Cai
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