Zongzi
Zongzi (tsung-tsee; Chinese: 粽子), rouzong (Chinese: 肉粽; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-càng), or simply zong (Cantonese Jyutping: zung2) is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves (generally of the species Indocalamus tessellatus), or sometimes with reed or other large flat leaves. They are cooked by steaming or boiling. People in the Eastern world often translate this dish into English as rice dumplings or sticky rice dumplings, although the Chinese government has registered Zongzi as the formal name in global use.
Zongzi both ready to eat (left) and still wrapped in a bamboo leaf (right) | |
| Alternative names | bakcang, bacang, machang, zang, nom asom, pya htote, chimaki, joong, doong |
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| Type | Rice cake |
| Place of origin | China |
| Region or state | Chinese-speaking areas East Asia |
| Main ingredients | Glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves |
| Variations | Lotus leaf wrap |
| Similar dishes | Mont phet htok |
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| Chinese | 粽子 | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 糉 | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 肉粽 | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 粽 | ||||||||||||||
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