Dragon Boat Festival Fragrance - Honey Date Zongzi

1. Soak glutinous rice one night in advance. I use round glutinous rice, which is from Northeast China. I have been using this type of rice all along, also known as Jiangmi. It feels more sticky, has a good taste, and is not so messy.

2. Wash the dried zongzi leaves and zongzi ropes with water in advance and soak until soft.

3. Red dates can be soaked well and pitted, and various types of dates in bags can also be used. The taste is sweeter. My mother-in-law brought this big date from Shandong, although it is a dry date, it is super sweet.

4. Prepare two pieces of zongzi leaves stacked together, roll them up as shown in the picture, form an inverted cone, and add glutinous rice and dates.

5. Put some glutinous rice on the dates, snap off the zongzi leaves on top, wrap them tightly around the upper part of the circular printing cone.

6. Fold the extra leaves to one side, turn them along the Zongzi, and then bind the zongzi rope.

7. After all the packages are wrapped, put Zongzi in the boiling pot with water, cover the Zongzi with water, boil it on high heat, and then boil it on medium heat for one hour.