Chapter 178 Zongzi (Part 2)

Yang Ming brought two Zong leaves that had been scalded by boiling water. At this time, the leaves lost their original color and became dull.

Yang Ming put the smooth side of the leaves facing inward, and stacked the leaves in opposite directions.

Then, bend about one-third of the zong leaf, and then fold the zong leaf back to form a funnel.

Next, Yang Ming put an appropriate amount of glutinous rice into it, then put in candied dates, covered the candied dates with glutinous rice, and pressed them tightly.

At this time, when it comes to the critical moment of making zongzi, we must not be sloppy at all.

Yang Ming held the rice tightly with his left hand. When holding it, Yang Ming used force to prevent the rice dumplings from spreading out. After compacting the rice, he pushed it into a triangle shape.

Then, without stopping, Yang Ming pushed the zong leaf forward from behind with his right hand, closed the zong leaf, and then folded out the sharp corners.

At this time, Yang Ming brought nine cotton threads of different colors, wound them from top to bottom, tied them tightly, and cut off the excess cotton threads.

At this time, the zongzi is almost finished.

The edge of the dark green rice dumpling is pierced by nine-color cotton thread, like a rainbow passing through the dense forest, which is very conspicuous.

Yang Ming boiled the hot water and dropped the zongzi. The water had to be soaked in the zongzi noodles. After the water boiled again, turn the heat to a simmer for a while before eating.

It is worth noting that in the process of cooking rice dumplings, even if there is very little water in the pot, do not add any raw water to it, otherwise it will be tragic.

When the rice dumplings were fully cooked, Yang Ming opened the lid of the pot, and a long-suppressed water vapor, like a volcanic eruption, erupted suddenly, carrying the hot air of the noodles.

At the same time, a faint fragrance unique to Zongye leaves is released with the eruption of heat, which will greatly increase the appetite of the lover.

Yang Ming took out the zongzi, cut off the cotton thread, and peeled off the tightly wrapped leaves.

I saw that in the steaming mist, the glutinous rice of the zongzi seemed to be continuously stuck together, and the heat seemed to shake in the air, with an intoxicating aroma that made people salivate.

Yang Ming motioned to Gaara, "Here, take it and try it."

Gaara's throat moved up and down, and Shuzuru in his body seemed to sense that he was about to taste delicious food, showing an unprecedented tranquility.

Gaara picked up the chopsticks, tore off a corner of the rice dumpling, and threw it into her mouth.

Slap! Slap!

Gaara made a chewing sound from his mouth, his expression moved slightly, and an unprecedented deliciousness suddenly rushed to his heart.

"Delicious!"

This kind of delicacy from China conquered Gaara in an instant!

This is a unique fresh taste.

Slightly boiled and washed fresh zong leaves, raw glutinous rice soaked in soy sauce.

Because it is original, it is pure and cannot be copied.

The moment the zong leaves are taken out of the hot water, they will have the unique fragrance of the leaves, accompanied by the sultry water vapor, just like the taste of summer.

This is the charm of pure handwork, which cannot be compared with mechanical processing at all!

Yang Ming uses the warmth of his hands to carefully care for the vitality of traditional food!

Zongzi is not just a delicacy, the taste of childhood, the taste of hometown, makes people's hearts full of love from home, and instantly hits the point of tears.

Even though Gaara had never eaten zongzi before, at this moment, the soft place in his heart was still shocked!

Gaara thought of the endless desert where he was born and raised, and Yashamaru.

At this moment, Gaara suddenly looked back, and found that the memories buried in his heart were not only hatred, but also the beautiful past!

Time is the medicine that heals wounds.

In the past, Gaara was only trapped by the crane, often suffered from insomnia, coupled with brooding in his heart, it became more extreme.

But now Gaara finally wakes up.

He is in the dark, but also yearns for the light.

A drop of cold tears flowed from the corner of Gaara's eye, wet the corner of his mouth, and flowed into his mouth.

Gaara rolled the tip of his tongue, tasted it, and found that the tears were tasteless, but he never noticed it in the past.

All the hatred, in fact, just disappeared.

Under the scouring of time, only love and affection are worth looking back.

Seeing this, Yang Ming smiled slightly.

Then, he turned his attention to making zongzi.

As mentioned earlier, Jiuzi Zong is nine dumplings of different sizes and shapes connected in series.

After making a triangular zongzi, Yang Ming changed his approach.

This time, when Yang Ming was making zongzi, he selected zongzi leaves of about the same size and stacked them one on top of the other. He carefully placed the leaves in his left hand, and then rolled the zongzi leaves into a cone. On the leaf surface, the extra part is folded into an angle and stacked on the cone surface.

During this process, Yang Ming looked extremely focused, for fear that he might accidentally use too much force.

Otherwise, the zong leaves will easily crack along the veins, and all previous efforts will be wasted.

So before wrapping, Yang Ming didn't dare to be careless, and touched the veins on the leaf from head to toe, so that he could follow the veins and roll out the shape correctly.

The zongzi made before was just Yang Ming's attempt, and the ingredients were simple.

This time, it's different.

Yang Ming added rice and meat to the rice dumpling leaves, meat essence and one fat or two essence and one fat, they can't all be the same, otherwise it will greatly affect the taste.

Soaked in soy sauce with some cooked brown glutinous rice to hide the meat, the rice bulges the leaves, and then the leaves are used to cover the entrance of the glutinous rice, and the outer layer is inclined at the corners and turned a few times to strengthen the wall.

Then, Yang Ming took out nine different colors of cotton thread, red, yellow, blue, white, green, purple, black powder, and then wrapped the cotton thread around it, and put it in a pot with water and boiled it slowly in a relaxed and comfortable posture.

When it is taken out of the hot pot again, the unique fragrance of zong leaves overflows, which makes the lover's heart full.

When Yang Ming cut the cotton thread and opened the zong leaves layer by layer, a tangy aroma of glutinous rice hit the nostrils like an overwhelming wave of air, which caught people off guard and completely intoxicated in the ocean of fragrance.

Yang Ming picked up the chopsticks and slowly pulled off the surface of the glutinous rice, as if searching for a secret, uncovering a layer of mysterious secret veil, and there was a smell of meat.

Inside the zongzi, the reddish-brown or purplish lean meat is still there, but the fat meat has melted a little and melted in the middle of the glutinous rice. After opening, fatty oil flows out, covering the white plate.

Even people who don't like to eat fatty meat, when they see the gurgling juice, they will feel that there is a little crystal clear in the fragrant glutinous rice, which should be fun to eat.

This time, Yang Ming didn't share it with Gaara, but tasted it himself.

The zongzi made in this way does not taste weak and weak, but is full of plumpness and has a little toughness. You can distinguish the graininess of rice grains when biting. It will never stick to your teeth or feel dry, but it is clearly a whole. Won't fall apart, just great!

Outside the door, Jiraiya and a group of employees have long been fascinated by the overflowing fragrance, wandering around the door of the kitchen absent-mindedly, their eyes constantly looking inside.

Poison in the middle of the night. Hahaha, please call me Red Scarf, no thanks