International Calendar 2009 - China Recipes - Zongzi

Ingredients

• 40 large bamboo leaves (2 for each zongzi)
• 20 long strings (for binding leaves)
• 1 kg (2.2 Ib) uncooked glutinous rice
• 2 kg (4.4 Ib) fatty pork, sliced into 3 cm (1") cubes
• 10 salted duck's egg yolk, shelled, cut into halves
• 40 small dried shittake (black) mushrooms
• 20 dried chestnuts
• 10 stalks of scallions, cut up into 1 cm (1/2") lengths
• 500 g (18 oz) dried radish diced very finely
• 100 g (3.5 oz) very small dried shrimp
• 200 g (7 oz) raw peanuts (shelled, with skins)
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup rice wine
• Vegetable oil
• 5 cloves of garlic, roughly crushed
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 2 pieces star anise