Did you know that these leaves on the roadside can be used to make rice dumplings?

Indocalamus Leaves

Most of our compatriots in the south should eat rice dumplings made of bamboo leaves. The leaves of bamboo are broad, soft and tough. The wrapped rice dumplings will have a hint of bamboo fragrance.

Bamboo leaves for making rice dumplings

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Zongzi wrapped in bamboo leaves

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Reed leaves

Bamboo doesn't grow much in the north, and even the leaves don't grow that many. So what are the northern rice dumplings made of? That's the reed leaf!

Reed leaves for making rice dumplings

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(Author: Sui Sui Yu Source: Sina Blog)

Zongzi wrapped in reed leaves

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(Author: Sui Sui Yu Source: Sina Blog)

Oak Leaves

The rice dumplings wrapped in oak leaves are the most common type that Huahua eats. However, most of these rice dumplings are distributed in the southeastern region of Shandong. Most of the rice dumplings wrapped in oak leaves are rectangular, but the rice dumplings that Huahua eats are pyramid-shaped, but with a rectangular bottom (unfortunately I couldn’t find the picture).

Oak leaves for making rice dumplings

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(Author: bulekiller Source: Baidu Knows)

Zongzi wrapped in oak leaves

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(Author: Qingfeng)

Corn leaves

Corn leaves are also very wide, and are perfect for wrapping rice dumplings. However, Huahua saw that people were not using leaves, but the skin on the outside of the corn cobs!

Corn husk for making rice dumplings

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Rice dumplings wrapped in corn husks

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(Author: jerrysh44 Source: Food Library)

Pandanus leaves

Pandanus is a tropical tree species. Flower lovers in Guangdong and Hainan may have eaten this kind of rice dumplings. Moreover, the rice dumplings made with pandanus are as thick as arms... If you don’t believe it, look at the picture!

(Author: Gongcheng Chu Source: Baidu Knows)

Hiiragi

The leaves used to wrap the steamed rice dumplings in Zhaoqing, Guangdong are hollyhock leaves. Although it is a plant of the Alocasia family, it is not poisonous.

Zongzi wrapped in hollyhock leaves

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Bamboo shoot skin

In addition to bamboo leaves, bamboo shoots and bamboo tubes can also be used to make rice dumplings. However, rice dumplings made from bamboo tubes may not be very convenient to eat because the skin is too hard!

Zongzi made from bamboo shoot skin

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Lotus Leaf

Lotus leaves are often used to wrap things, and zongzi is definitely no exception. Moreover, zongzi wrapped in lotus leaves will have a very pleasant and refreshing fragrance!

Lotus leaf wrapped rice dumplings--lotus leaf glutinous rice chicken~

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(Author: ScarlettChu Source: Douguo Food)

Coconut leaves

Huahua has never seen rice dumplings wrapped in coconut leaves. It should be the way it is made in Hainan. The finished product looks like the picture below!

Coconut leaves look like this

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Coconut leaf wrapped rice dumplings

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Banana leaves

The banana leaf is very big, how big is it? If a person stands behind a banana leaf, he can block half of it. In Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan and other places, many areas use banana leaves to make zongzi. In fact, Vietnam uses the most banana leaves to make zongzi.

How about it? Are you enlightened by the rice dumplings?

If you have other ways to make zongzi,

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Finally, I wish all flower friends a happy Dragon Boat Festival~

Have a great holiday!