紫薯水晶粽
去年端午節，第一次嘗試複製我阿嬤的經典台灣南部粽。
雖然我包的很小也不太好看，但我覺得味道還是挺像我阿嬤做的。嘿嘿～
今年除了要再包一次肉粽以外，我給自己多加了一個挑戰！我要包甜粽子！
在網上看了許多食譜和照片以後…
我決定做紫薯水晶粽！！！
名字聽起來就很厲害的說～ 不過其實食譜看起來超簡單的。
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Dragon Boat Festival, one of my favorite holiday as a kid living in Taiwan. My grandma would always make delicious rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves. We call this dish, ZongZi. These rice dumplings are usually savory in my culture, but there are sweet versions of them as well.
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Last year, I tried to make some ZongZi with my grandma’s secret recipe, and it was a success! I felt really comforted as I missed my family and friends in my hometown so much.
This year, other than making the savory rice dumplings, I would like to give myself another challenge of making a sweet one. After searching for inspiration on the internet, I decided to make the fancy sounding…
!!! Purple Crystal Rice Dumpling !!!
The name sounds really fancy, but it is actually super easy to make~
材料 Ingredients
以下材料的量僅供參考，請按照使用的紫薯量調整。
紫薯- 1~2 顆 （看大小）
西米- 2包
無鹽奶油- 半條 or 4 湯匙
糖- 4 湯匙
油- 少許
黑芝麻粉- 2 湯匙 (可有可無）
一些棉繩
1 or 2 Purple Yam (Sweet Potato)
2 bags Sago (Also called tapioca pearls)
1 bag Bamboo leaves
4 tbp Unsalted Butter
4 tbp Sugar
Some Vegetable Oil
2 tbp Black Sesame Powder (optional)
Some cotton strings
The amount of each ingredient needed may vary, depending on how much yam you end up using.
All these ingredients can be found on Amazon, but they will be a lot cheaper at your local Asian markets.
先把粽葉（大概40幾片吧）泡水到軟，再放到鍋子裡煮10~15分鐘。
Soak bamboo leaves in water till soft, and boil them in water for 10 to 15 minutes.
我用了一顆大紫薯（大概我兩個拳頭大小）。先洗乾淨、削皮，然後切成薄片。
The purple yam that I use is about the size of my two fists. Wash and peel first, and then cut it into thin slices.
放到鍋子裡蒸。蒸多久就得看切的厚度和海拔啦～ 反正就到可以輕易用筷子戳穿就好。再把紫薯放大一個大碗裡。
Put some water in a pot, enough to cover about 1 inch at the bottom. Steam the yam until it is soft enough to be poked through easily. Get the cooked yam into a bowl.
You can use a steamer or just use a pot and a round baking rack, like I did here.
把奶油融化，和糖一起加入紫薯。攪拌均勻，壓成泥。
記得要邊攪邊微笑，像我女兒一樣，做出來的食物才會有甜甜的幸福感呦！ 哈哈
紫薯泥要甜一點才好吃，可以邊攪邊嚐，看需不需要加更多糖。要有一種“啊呀好甜呀”的感覺。
Add in the melted butter and sugar. Mix well and mash the yams into a paste.
It is very important that you do these steps with a full smile like my daughter did, in order to achieve the best taste. Heeh.
Depending on how much yam you use, you might need to add more sugar.
如果想要更香的味道，可以加入黑芝麻粉。
If you would like it to taste even better, add in some black sesame powder.
把西米淋濕，瀝乾水。
記得不要泡水呦～ 不然做出來就會糊成一團，而不是一顆顆珍珠的感覺。
西米不要一次用完。我是先開一包，不夠了以後再到另一包。免得用不完就浪費了。
Rinse the tapioca pearls to damp them, and pour out the extra water.
Don’t soak them in water.
Don’t use all the tapioca pearls in one go. Open one bag first, and start wrapping and add more if needed along the way.
在粽葉上刷一點油。
把兩片粽葉折成杯子型，放一點西米，再放一點紫薯泥。再蓋滿西米。
把上方的葉子蓋下來，兩邊壓緊。順著形狀，把多餘的葉子折向一邊，用繩子紮起來就好了！
Brush some oil on the surface of the bamboo leaves. Layer two bamboo leaves together and fold them into a cone. Put some tapioca pearls at the bottom of the cone, and then add some purple yam paste, and cover it up with some more pearls. Close the cone by folding down the leaves, wrap them around the shape and secure it with a long cotton string.
如果不知道怎麼包粽子的，請看以下的Youtube影片吧。
Ya… Kinda hard to explain how to wrap a rice dumpling with words… just watch the tutorial video by @misstsang7787 below!
我後來又試了一種長條狀的包法，好像甜粽都是包這種形狀的樣子吼？
可以參考以下“妙招姐”的影篇教學。
I tried wrapping my dumplings in another way, which makes the dumpling into a more linear shape.
Please see the Youtube video below to learn how to do it.
包好後，就放到大鍋裡，大火蒸40分鐘就好啦！
也可以用煮的（30分鐘），但出來就比較沒有一顆顆珍珠的感覺。
Steam the wrapped dumplings for 40 minutes with heat at high level.
好啦！完成了～超簡單的吧？
個人喜歡趁熱吃，軟軟的口感。但喜歡有嚼勁Q度的，也可以放涼一點再吃。
紫薯也可以用紅豆泥、綠豆沙或芋泥代替呦！
That’s it! Very simple, and it’s time to enjoy the result of your hard work.
The dumpling is more soft while it is still hot. The cooler it gets, the chewier it becomes. Some people like it soft, and some like it chewy.
端午節快樂！Happy Dragon Boat Festival!
