Can not use boiling water, rice dumpling leaves are brittle, can only use cold water to slowly thaw, must remember the principle of heat war cold shrinkage, if you use hot water, the rice dumpling leaves are all broken, there is no way to use the rice dumpling leaves! So first let the leaves thaw naturally in the next step.

Zongzi leaves how to deal with method three

1, in the washing of zongzi leaves with a fast clean cloth from the head of the zongzi leaves to the end of the leaf tip along the direction of scrubbing down, friction is small, so that the wash is more able to tightly adhering to the zongzi leaves, wash more clean some; if from the zongzi leaf tip up to the wash, the friction will be very large, not good wash.

2, will wash the rice dumplings and rice dumplings rope into the boiling water soaked for about 3 minutes, soaked dry rice dumplings better package, soaked rice dumplings rope is more pliable, tied up is not easy to break.

Attachment: how to choose rice dumpling leaves

In the purchase of rice dumpling leaves, do not buy "green" rice dumpling leaves, pay attention to identify:

One, look at the appearance of the "green rice dumpling leaves" color green, looks very beautiful, while the normal rice dumpling leaves in the production process of high temperature steaming. Production process after high-temperature steaming, the color will be dark and yellow;

Two, smell flavor, "return to the green zongzi leaves" package zongzi after cooking flavor is not strong, but instead of a faint sulfur flavor;

Three, you can take a look at the water to cook rice dumplings, "return to the green zongzi leaves "Cooking water turns green, normal rice dumpling leaves after cooking water showing light yellow.

It is best to choose gray zebra bamboo palm leaves, natural and sturdy, non-toxic and harmless.