How to eat dried longan? The correct way to soak dried longan in water

Longan is a delicious fruit with tender flesh and sweet taste, but the shelf life of this fruit is very short after it is put on the market. In order to extend its shelf life and facilitate transportation, people will dehydrate the longan, and then you can get the dried longan commonly seen on the market. So how should these dried longans be eaten? What should you do if you want to soak dried longans in water?

How to eat dried longan

1. Eat directly

Dried longan is a delicious ingredient that can be eaten directly. Although it does not have as much water content as fresh longan, its flesh is still sweet. People can eat the flesh directly after removing the shell, but at this time the longan flesh will feel very tough and a bit difficult to bite.

2. Cook porridge

Dried longan can also be used to cook porridge. When cooking porridge with dried longan, you need to remove the shell of the longan first, and then prepare appropriate amounts of red dates, lilies, lotus seeds, rice and other porridge ingredients. After washing them all, put them directly in a clean porridge pot, add appropriate amount of water and cook into porridge. After adding appropriate amount of white sugar for seasoning, it can be eaten after it is out of the pot.

3. Make soup

Boiling soup with dried longan is also a common way to eat it. When making soup with dried longan, you need to prepare a variety of ingredients such as rock sugar, lotus seeds, white fungus, lily, etc., then remove the shells of the prepared dried longan and put them directly in the casserole. Soak the white fungus in advance and put the small ones in the casserole as well. Wash all the other ingredients, put them into the pot together, add appropriate amount of water, heat to a boil, then add the prepared rock sugar, and simmer on low heat for an hour. The sweet longan soup in the pot will be ready.

The correct way to soak dried longan in water

In addition to the methods of consumption introduced above, dried longan can also be used to make tea. When people use it to make tea, it is best to remove its shell first, then put it in a clean glass, pour in boiling water to brew it, and it is best to soak it for 4 to 5 minutes after draining the water, and then drink the soaked soup, adding dried longan each time and brewing it repeatedly 3 to 5 times. Finally, you can eat the soaked longan meat directly.

Now you know how to eat dried longan and the correct way to soak it in water. Next time you eat dried longan, try these new ways of eating it.