According to the record, the custom of making Qing dumplings dates back to the Zhou Dynasty over 2,000 years ago.Qing dumpling is a kind of Qingming Festival food popular in the south of the Yangtze River, which is also a must-have offering at ancestral rituals.
Qing dumplings, or literally Green Dumplings, are made of glutinous rice flour. With grass juice inside them, the dumplings appear green and bright with aromatic taste.
To make this dish, one may need wheat juice. The problem is: where to get it? Since it is not available in supermarkets, some might as well plant wheat in a few flowerpots and place them in the office. When the wheat turns green, the pound wheat leaves into juice so as to make Sweet Green Rice Balls. It must be the most glutinous and softest dim sum in the areas south of Yangtze River. The filling is made of peeled red beans with a piece of lard in the middle , creating a fat but not greasy flavor which is quite refreshing. Before stsaming, every rice ball needs to be smeared with oil that the will be glistening with green color, and add splendor to the yummy taste.
