1, soaking method: the fresh zongzhong leaves with hair softer toothbrush brush clean, remove zongzhong leaves at one end of the sharp corners; and then rinsed with water for one or two times, in the container poured into the water, will be cleaned zongzhong leaves into the soaking for about an hour can be. 2, boiling method: zongzhong leaves brushed and rinsed twice, add cold water to the pot to boil, and then put zongzhong leaves in the boil for 2-3 minutes; boiled and then fished out and drained, and then vacuum-sealed to store. After cooking, drain the leaves and let them cool, then vacuum-seal them for storage.

How to handle fresh leaves

Zong leaves are one of the essential materials for the food "zongzi" eaten on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi ancient called "corn" "tube zongzi", by the zongzi leaves wrapped in glutinous rice or to add auxiliary materials cooked into. Dumpling leaf varieties are generally made of reed leaves, Ruo leaves, etc., is the production of dumplings essential materials, the South is generally based on Ruo leaves, the North to reed leaves.

Fresh leaves can be used to wrap the dumplings after soaking, but in comparison, or boiled leaves wrapped out of the flavor of the dumplings better. Boiled leaves are sterilized at high temperatures and are safer to use; they also taste better to eat. The leaves are soaked or boiled in order to make them more resilient, so that they don't crack easily when wrapping the rice dumplings.