Glutinous Millet Dumplings 【大黄米咸肉粽】

It will be Dumpling/Dragon Festival next week, it is a tradition at home to make some dumplings (glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves) during the season.

I always start my dumpling season with Cantonese Style dumplings, to share with my Cantonese friends, this year I decided to make some Glutinous Millet Dumplings, making it somewhat Diabetes friendly. 

Millets are an excellent source of fiber and contain a number of important nutrients. They score 52.7 on the glycemic index (GI), which is a medium value and lower than the value for maize, refined wheat flour, and rice. 

下周就是端午节了，在这个季节包一些粽子是家里的传统。我每年都是以广式粽子开始我的粽子季，因为俊宝的干妈是香港人。今年我决定做一些大黄米粽子，大黄米有极高的纤维，富含许多重要的营养素。 

它的血糖指数 (GI) 得分为 52.7，处于中等值，低于玉米、精制小麦粉和大米的值，所以这款粽子糖尿病患者也能适量吃一点哦!

【眉豆肉粽】Bak Zhang with Black Eyed Peas

咸棕子里我最喜欢的就是烧肉粽了，小时候不会欣赏加了花生和豆子的肉粽，就喜欢糯米和多多馅料的烧肉粽。现在反而喜欢带有花生和各种豆子的粽子，人的口味真的会改变的呢！

今年裹了一批红豆肉粽和一批闽南烧肉粽后又做了这个眉豆肉粽，一样好吃。

When I was young, my favorite dumpling was Bak Zhang. But as I grow older, I started appreciating dumplings with various kinds of pulses in it, this year I decided to make a type with chickpeas and it came out absolutely delish!

【豆沙碱水粽】Kee Zhang/Alkaline Dumplings with Adzuki Bean Paste

Every year during the dragon boat festival (端午节), mom will make a lot of Nyonya and meat dumplings for us. 

But for prayer purpose, she would order some Kee Zhang/Alkaline Dumplings (碱水粽）from some ladies in town. Kee Zhang is normally much smaller in size, only about 1/3 of the normal dumplings. 

The dumplings have a very unique flavor and texture after adding alkaline water/lye water, the color of rice changes and take on a yellow hue, the alkaline water also makes the rice turned firmer and finally the taste of Alkalinity, a very distinctive, slick and pleasant feeling in the mouth, it is hard to explain, but a unique experience.

Since I have some Sweet Adzuki Bean Paste at home, I decided to make this Alkaline Dumplings with Adzuki bean Paste this year instead of the normal Kee Zhang. 

I really love the texture and color of this dumpling!

小时候每逢端午节妈妈都会裹上好多的咸肉粽和娘惹粽，但拜拜用的碱水粽却总是向乡里的一些家庭主妇买的，碱水粽有股特别的碱水味，家里的小孩都不爱吃，所以一般会沾了甜味的香兰咖央，或焦糖咖央吃。

今年端午节我裹了好些肉粽和朋友们分享，冰箱里还有一大盒我自己熬制的红豆沙，裹粽子还剩下一些糯米和粽叶，就随手裹了两串的豆沙碱水粽，真是香甜美味，颜色也特别漂亮！

Adzuki Bean Glutinous Rice Dumplings 【红豆肉粽】

It was dragon boat festival again last week , I was not having any plan to make any dumplings initially until the day of dragon boat festival, since I was not working that day, I decided to make this version of Bak Zhang adding Adzuki beans to the rice.

It came out so delicious and I couldn't stopped at just one!

今年的端午节本来我没打算要裹粽子的，后来端午那天刚好不上班，就做了几只红豆肉粽吃，权当过节了。

谁知这款红豆肉粽真的很让人惊喜，糯米里有着红豆的香气，非常的好吃。明年绝对还要做这款！

Jia Xing Meat Dumplings 【嘉兴鲜肉粽】

"Jiaxing zongzi" (嘉兴粽子): It is one famous kind of zongzi in mainland China named after the city Jiaxing. The filling is typically pork but also can be mung beans, red beans or salted duck eggs.

I made a small batch of this Jia Xing dumplings specifically for a friend from Nanjing, this is the kind of dumplings she grew up eating, I am glad that I did as it turned out so good and I am very glad to learn again one more dumplings recipe.

这款嘉兴肉粽是为一位南京朋友做的，是她心心念念的家乡味，这款粽子我是第一次做，出来的效果很是不错，味道很好哦！

“嘉兴粽子”是浙江嘉兴特色传统名点，具有悠久历史。嘉兴粽子以糯而不糊，肥而不腻，香糯可口，咸甜适中而著称。尤以鲜肉粽最为出名，被誉为“粽子之王”。嘉兴粽子因其滋味鲜美，携带、食用方便而备受广大旅游者厚爱，有“东方快餐”之称。

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