This is the second day of June and also the Dragon Boat Festival. Yeeyyy^^. As a chinese descendant, we always celebrate this oldest traditional chinese festival every year. We always make (actually my mom ..hahah, who is very expert making this dimsum) our own rice dumpling and eat on that day.
Bakcang,, yeah this is how we pronouce the rice dumpling in Indonesia or known as Zong zi in Chinese. This festival is held to commemorate the patriotic poet, Qu Yuan who used to be a minister of the Kindmom of Chu. He suicided by drowning himself into the Milou River in 278 BCE at age of 61. He was a very loyal minister but being slandered and exiled by the King.
The local people made the rice dumpling and thew into the river in order to protect the Qu Yuan's body from fish. They hope that fishes in the river would eat the rice dumpling they thrown, instead. Nowadays, bakcang is sold anywhere globally. The taste and the filling is influenced by the place where it is sold. In Indonesia, especially Surabaya (where I live, hoohooo) there are a lot of flavor from savory to the sweet ones.
This rice dumpling is made from glutinous rice, chinese five spices, and salted egg yolk are the main ingredients that should be used. For the filling some people like adding peanut and some people don't It really depend on the people.
How about you? Do you like Bakcang?
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Happy Dragon Boat Festival ^.^
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