Making Rice Dumplings for Duanwu Jie (Dumplings Festival) 2003

Saw this recipe for rice dumplings in newspaper. Jordan knows the story behind this festival: how the great man Quyuan decided to commit suicide by jumping into the river when his advice to emperor fell on deaf ears. The people who loved him wanted to prevent his body from being eaten up by fishes, threw rice dumplings into river. So the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar is marked as Dumpling Festival or also known as Dragonboat Festival. Jordan tried her hand in wrapping glutinous rice with diced chicken and mushroom in bamboo leaves. The wrapped dumplings were steamed using double boiler. They were delicious!