1, glutinous rice
Round glutinous rice is used to wrap zongzi. There are two kinds of glutinous rice, one is long glutinous rice, which is long and thin, with white and opaque color and strong viscosity. Another round glutinous rice, which belongs to japonica glutinous rice, is round and short in shape, white and opaque, sweet and greasy in taste, and slightly lower in viscosity than long glutinous rice. It is suitable for making zongzi, fermented rice, glutinous rice and so on.
2. Zongye
One of the essential materials for zongzi. There are many kinds of zongzi leaves, which are generally made of reed leaves and reed leaves, which are essential materials for making zongzi. In the south, reed leaves are the main ones. The smell of zongzi leaves is fragrant, and it feels like returning to nature.
3. Stuffing
Judging from the stuffing, there are many Beijing jujube dumplings with small dates in the north. In the south, there are many kinds of fillings, such as mung bean, pork belly, red bean paste, eight treasures, ham, mushrooms, egg yolk, etc., among which Guangdong salted meat zongzi and Zhejiang Jiaxing zongzi are the representatives.
4. Cotton thread
The special cotton thread for zongzi dressing is the cotton thread specially made for zongzi dressing. There are many kinds of zongzi, such as big meat zongzi, middle meat zongzi, small meat zongzi, red bean paste zongzi, dried vegetable zongzi and egg yolk zongzi. If only one color or several colors of thread are used, it is difficult to distinguish the types of zongzi products, so in order to meet the market demand, a special cotton thread for zongzi binding is produced, which can also be called zongzi binding thread.
Differences between sweet zongzi and salty zongzi;
Salted zongzi generally appears in the south, mainly reflected in fillings, such as meat zongzi and egg yolk zongzi, which are definitely suitable for making salty ones. The sweet zongzi generally appears in the north, and the fillings are probably red bean paste, jujube and candied jujube, which sounds like sweet taste.
Regarding the difference between sweet zongzi and salty zongzi, the sweet zongzi is made of simple materials, mainly the smell of glutinous rice and the smell of zongzi, which belongs to the natural flavor. Salted rice dumplings are richer in taste, and there are glutinous rice and other matching ingredients, which makes the meat less greasy and the glutinous rice more fragrant.