Watch Mommy and Daddy Lau teach us how to make zongzi / joong, also known as sticky rice dumplings or Chinese tamales.
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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲
00:00 Intro
01:40 Key Ingredients
02:03 On Sticky Rice
02:22 On Mung Beans
03:03 Process Overview
04:00 Prepare pork belly
05:04 Prepare bamboo leaves
08:31 Prepare fillings
08:52 Wash & soak
10:03 Chop
11:29 Flavor rice, mung beans
11:55 Assemble the zongzi
12:58 Fold bamboo leaves
13:47 Add filling
14:51 Add 3rd bamboo leaf, enclose
15:33 Tie zongzi
17:46 Boil for 3 hours
19:26 Meal Time!
20:05 Grandma used to make 100 at a time
20:58 Red bean dumplings
21:41 Do bamboo leaves have flavor?
22:02 Lo mai gai vs zong zi?
25:00 Using long grass to tie joong
26:43 The morbid but endearing origin story of zongzi
28:13 Ending on a personal note
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