Foods to help you celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival | The Social

glutinous rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: regular rice

Brown rice adds fiber and nutrients.

pork

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken

Tofu is a plant-based alternative.

bamboo leaves

🥗Healthier: lotus leaves

💰Cheaper: banana leaves

Lotus leaves impart a similar flavor.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium reduces sodium intake.

Take two heaping spoonfuls of sticky rice and place it in a bamboo leaf.

Add a piece of fatty pork belly on top of the rice.

Fold the bamboo leaf to form a triangle and clamp the edges together.

Tie the parcel securely with string.

Boil or steam the wrapped zongzi in plain water for 30 to 40 minutes.

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