Workshop Features
- The traditional litchi wood fire is used as the cooking tool, which gives the food a unique flavor.
- A Hakka Zongzi-themed workshop allows participants to experience the zongzi-making process, including seasoning glutinous rice and mung beans, learning how to fold bamboo leaves, adding different ingredients to enrich the layers, and finally using palms and ropes to firmly shape the zongzi. Experienced teachers will prepare different ingredients including dried shrimp, mushrooms, salted egg yolks and peeled green beans to present you with traditional Zongzi.
- Experienced instructor will teach everyone step by step how to make zongzi, including methods of success and failure, as well as techniques for adjusting the taste of ingredients, so that participants can make and enjoy delicious zongzi at home after completing the activity. At the same time, making it yourself can control the amount and taste of the ingredients, reduce additives, and be healthier!
- Prepare ingredients on the day to ensure that the finished product does not spoil easily after the event. The event provided pre-soaked dried shrimps, peeled mung beans, processed bacon and salted egg yolks, and washed rice dumplings leaves. All necessary materials and tools will be prepared before the event. Participants only need to follow the instructions and steps of the activity instructor to complete and take away 2 handmade Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings on the same day.
- The process of making rice dumplings is interesting and practical. During the event, we will also introduce the origin of Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings, how to make them with different materials, and complete recipes, so that participants can not only experience the fun of making rice dumplings, but also gain diverse knowledge, giving participants a fun-filled experience and joyful memories.
Workshop Content
- Introduce the origin of Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings and how to make different ingredients
- Teach how to season glutinous rice and peeled mung beans
- Explain how to wrap the filling, how to fold the dumpling leaves and how to make a complete and strong dumpling
- Teach the steps and times on how to cook into edible rice dumplings after the activity
- Cooked with traditional hometown dumplings over firewood, the resulting hometown dumplings are sweet and soft and taste slightly different due to the firepower.
- Complete and take away 2-3 pieces of Dragon Boat Festival handmade dumplings today
Activity Selection
Activity Holding Selection: On-site School Service, classroom in district, and Tai Po Farm
Farm options: Tai Wo, Tai Po, Tai Kong Po (Kam Tin), Tsat Sing Kong (Kam Tin)
Classroom-based location: Lai Chi Kok, Mong Kok near Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
Farm options: Tai Wo, Tai Po, Tai Kong Po (Kam Tin), Tsat Sing Kong (Kam Tin)
Classroom-based location: Lai Chi Kok, Mong Kok near Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
Choice of Content
A
3 pieces of handmade Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings (each weighing about 220g to 240g, wrapped with traditional saltwater grass and string)
B
2 handmade Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings + handmade glutinous rice balls (each weighing about 220g to 240g, wrapped with traditional saltwater grass and string; glutinous rice balls can be made salty or sweet, you can choose either)
Cooking rice dumplings with traditional firewood gives them a completely different flavor
Zongzi Styles (Select 2 of them)
1-Traditional zongzi (dumpling) with salted pork (often also containing mung beans and a salted yolk):
There are glutinous (sticky) rice, pork belly, mung bean puree, salted egg yolk, onion, garlic, salt and oil, weighing about 250 to 260 grams
2 Vegetarian bean zongzi:
There are glutinous rice, black glutinous rice, peanuts, red beans, red kidney beans, peas, broad beans, chickpeas, mung bean puree, chestnuts, chan pi, garlic, onion, salt, and oil, weighing about 250 to 260 grams
3 Gray water zongzi:
There are glutinous rice, traditional ancient litchi wood-made gray water, red bean puree, weighing about 220 to 240 grams
4 Japonica rice and meat zongzi:
There are pearl rice, pork belly, salted egg yolk, mung bean puree, onion, garlic, salt, oil, weighing about 220 to 240 grams
5 Japonica rice vegetarian bean zongzi:
There are pearl rice, broad beans, chickpeas, peas, peanuts, red beans, red kidney beans, mung bean puree, chestnuts, chan pi, garlic, onion, salt, oil, weighing about 220 to 240 grams
※ There has been no price increase for several years. This year the materials are really expensive and the price has been increased a little
※ The finished rice dumplings can be taken home and eaten immediately. They need to be refrigerated within 1 hour after the event. They can be stored for about 3-4 days and need to be steamed before eating.
About our Instructor
• The instructor, Ciuze, is a traditional Dongguan Hakka who loves farming and Hakka food culture. She is committed to fulfilling Chinese culture and taking teaching as her lifelong career.
• I have loved desserts and cooking since I was a child. I have extensive experience in Hakka culture and traditional Chinese crafts. In addition to my own production, I often teach at social welfare organizations and my own farm.
• He is amiable and good at communicating with the elderly and customers. He creates a relaxed and harmonious classroom atmosphere and is meticulous in teaching content, which makes him very popular with customers.
• Extensive experience in coaching large groups of participants and co-organizing workshops for large organisations
Inquiry and asking for quotation
Tel: 3565 1770
WhatsApp and phone: 9469 7496
Email: likahung@healthyexpress.hk
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