1, the fragrance of zongzi wrapped in dry zongzi leaves is better than that of fresh zongzi leaves. Dry zongzi leaves are made by artificial air drying, or dehydration and drying by various machines. Dry zongzi leaves can also lock the fragrance of zongzi leaves in the leaves, so the zongzi wrapped with dry zongzi leaves are more fragrant and delicious.

Fresh zongzi leaves, as the name implies, are original plant leaves. However, the fresh zongzi leaves sold in shopping malls are not pure natural, most of them have undergone certain treatment and some fresh-keeping treatments by modern processors, or some merchants directly use the green-returning technology to make the original old leaves look like fresh zongzi leaves. Such green-returning zongzi leaves are still very harmful to people, so you must carefully identify whether they are pure natural plant leaves when buying them. If the fresh zongzi leaves are not fresh plant leaves, then its original fragrance will be gone, and the made zongzi will not have the fragrance of zongzi leaves. Such zongzi leaves are not as good as dried zongzi leaves.

2. The colors of dried leaves and fresh leaves are different. Because the dried zongzi leaves have been dehydrated, their color is not so blue, but gray, that is, gray. However, fresh zongzi leaves still retain the color of plants, which is very green and looks particularly attractive, so the sales of fresh zongzi leaves in supermarkets and other places will be better.

3. The treatment methods of dried and fresh leaves are different. Fresh zongzi leaves are very convenient to handle. After you buy them, you can directly trim them into your favorite shapes and clean them to wrap zongzi. However, the dried zongzi leaves are brittle as a whole because they have been dehydrated, so they will be easily broken if they are directly used for cooking, so they need to be boiled first, or soaked in clear water for a period of time before they can be used to wrap zongzi.

In fact, whether it is fresh leaves or dried leaves after treatment, you can make very delicious zongzi.