1, Ruoye

In the south of China, most jiaozi are made of Indocalamus leaves, which are wide but soft, and are very suitable for wrapping jiaozi. The wrapped rice dumplings have a faint fragrance of bamboo leaves, and the fresh bamboo leaves are green in color. The wrapped rice dumplings are super beautiful. If it is an old bamboo leaf, try to boil it in a pot before using it.

2. Reed leaves

Indocalamus leaves are generally only available in the south, and reed leaves are used for dumplings in the north. Reed leaves are slightly narrower and more slender than Ruo leaves, but the color is also emerald green.

3. mistletoe leaves

Oak leaves are very wide, and it is also a good thing to wrap zongzi. Generally used in the southeast of Shandong Province. Because of the nature of their leaves, the wrapped zongzi are all long strips, unlike ordinary triangular zongzi.

4. Lotus leaf

Lotus leaf leaves are super big, and it is also very suitable for wrapping zongzi. The wrapped zongzi has the fragrance of lotus leaf. Before flowering, I ate a special delicious rice covered with lotus leaves, which is steamed rice with lotus leaves.

5. Corn leaves

Some areas in the north also use corn leaves to wrap zongzi, and use white leaves near the inner layer of corn. The leaves inside are soft but strong, which is very suitable for making zongzi!