红豆碱水粽 Red Bean Alkaline Dumplings

红豆碱水粽

材料： 可做30-35个

糯米  1公斤
碱水   4汤匙 
油  4汤匙 
干粽叶 

草绳

红豆沙  适量

 

 

做法 :

 

1. 干粽叶泡水3-4小时软化 ( 中间换2次水 )，用刷子两面刷洗干净，剪掉叶梗。
2. 糯米洗净，用清水浸泡4小时，沥干。

3. 糯米沥干水份，加入碱水和油，搅拌均匀，待用。
4. 粽叶折成斗形，舀入适量糯米，中间放入红豆馅，再盖上适量的糯米，盖上粽叶，包成棕形，绑上草绳。

5. 煮滚一大锅水，把裹好的粽子下锅，水要盖过粽子，煮3小时，至糯米熟软即可取出，吊起沥干水份。 

 

 

Red Bean Alkaline Dumplings 

 

Ingredients：

1kg glutinous rice

4tbsp alkaline water

4tbsp cooking oil

bamboo leaves

hemp string 

red bean paste  

Method：

1. Bamboo leaves, soaked for 3-4 hours，washed and change water in between for two time. 

2. Wash glutinous rice and add water，soaked for 4 hours.

3. Drain the glutinous rice，add in alkaline water and oil，mix well and set aside.

4. Take a bamboo leaf，fold into an inverted cone，add in some glutinous rice then add in read bean paste，top with some glutinous rice to cover the red bean paste then wrap accordingly. 

5. Using a big pot，cook half pot of water. Once water is boiled，place in all the wrap dumplings and let it cook for at least 3 hours.Remove from water and hang it up，let it air dry and cool down.