Watch the zongzi demonstration from Chef Ken and Mama Yau

Watch the zongzi demonstration from Chef Ken and Mama Yau

Anyone who has made zongzi, the iconic rice dish, knows the process requires a whole table due to its many ingredients.

Bowls upon bowls of ingredients: dried glutinous rice, mung beans, preserved sausage, salted egg yolks, shiitake mushrooms. All next to a stack of bamboo leaves.

Every family has their own take on zongzi, and it's a tradition passed down from generation to generation. Ken learned from his mother, and the duo showed off their skills in a demonstration over the Dragon Boat Celebration.

Zongzi are beloved because they hit so many different sensory notes, and they're as easy to prepare as boiling in hot water. A healthy, filling meal in under 20 minutes.

Stock up, and then have them on their own, or with alongside your favourite dumplings.