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What about dried zongzi leaves?
When processing dried zongzi leaves, don't put them in the pot as the first step. Although it can be soaked soft, the boiled leaves of zongzi are easily brittle and broken. Add the step of 1 before cooking, so that the processed zongzi leaves will be stronger and not easy to break when wrapping zongzi.

1, soaking method: add a proper amount of cold water into the container, and soak the bought dried zongzi leaves in it for about one night to fully absorb water; If you choose to soak in warm water, you need to soak for about an hour.

2. Cooking method: put the sun-dried leaves in a boiling water pot for a few minutes, then take them out and soak them in cold water to prevent them from drying out.

Put the washed leaves aside, prepare a bigger pot, add more water to the pot, boil the water until the water boils, and then put the washed leaves into the pot to cook. At this time, because the leaves are light and easy to float on the water, they can't be cooked thoroughly. Be sure to take a heavy object, such as a bowl or plate, and press it on the leaf to let it sink completely. Cooking takes about three minutes. Then put it in cold water and rinse it again to ensure that the leaves are clean.