Nyonya Chang Glutinous Rice Dumplings (Zong Zi)

Ingredients

• 2 11/16 cups glutinous rice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup pea dried blue, flower
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 8 dried shitake mushrooms
• 3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 6 shallots peeled, finely chopped
• 5 garlic peeled, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons bean paste ground, tau cheo
• 1 1/8 pounds pork butt /shoulder/or ground pork with some fat cut into little pieces if not using ground pork
• 1 3/4 ounces chinese rock sugar
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons coriander powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 30 pieces bamboo leaves
• 4 pandan leaves cut into 3 smaller pieces

Nutrition

• Calories : 1000 calories
• Carbohydrate : 156 grams
• Cholesterol : 80 milligrams
• Fat : 26 grams
• Fiber : 7 grams
• Protein : 38 grams
• SaturatedFat : 6 grams
• Sodium : 1010 milligrams
• Sugar : 18 grams