How to eat lotus seeds properly? The correct way to eat lotus seeds

Lotus seeds are the seeds of the lotus plant. They are very common in life. There is a dark green lotus seed heart in the middle of it. Its flesh tastes slightly sweet and tender, and the lotus seed heart tastes very bitter, but both are edible, and have excellent edible and medicinal effects. However, when eating lotus seeds, you must also master the correct way to eat them, otherwise the edible value of lotus seeds will be greatly reduced.

How to eat lotus seeds

1. It is best to eat fresh lotus seeds directly, so that you can taste the natural flavor of the lotus seeds. In the autumn of each year when the lotus seeds are ripe, remove the lotus pod and peel off the green lotus pod. Once you take out the lotus seeds inside, there is a layer of green skin on the surface of the lotus seeds. After tearing it open, you can see the white lotus seeds inside. You can put it in your mouth, chew it up and eat it directly. If you are afraid of bitterness, you can take out the lotus seed core in the middle and eat only the white flesh.

2. If the lotus seeds cannot be eaten immediately after being collected, they will most likely be air-dried and made into dried lotus seeds for preservation. These dried lotus seeds need to be soaked in clean water in advance when eaten. After they absorb water and swell, take them out and put them in a clean bowl. Add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and mix well. Put them into a pot and steam them. After steaming for about 20 minutes, the lotus seeds will be cooked. After taking them out, you can eat the sweet rock sugar lotus seeds.

The correct way to eat lotus seeds

1. Lotus seed, lily and ophiopogon soup

Lotus seeds can be used together with Chinese medicinal materials such as lily and ophiopogon to make soup. When making it, you need to prepare 15 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of lily, and 10 grams of ophiopogon. Put them together, wash them, and boil them in water before taking them. This not only allows the human body to absorb rich plant protein and a variety of trace elements, but also plays an important role in clearing the mind and clearing away heat and detoxifying. When people experience neurasthenia, palpitations, insomnia and other adverse symptoms, timely consumption of lotus seeds, lily and ophiopogon soup can significantly alleviate the symptoms.

2. Lotus seed porridge

Cooking porridge is also the correct way to eat lotus seeds. Before using it as a supplement, you should soak it in clean water first, then prepare the wet white fungus to soak in advance, wash it and tear it into small pieces, prepare an appropriate amount of red dates, wolfberries, glutinous rice and rice, wash them separately, put them in a steamer together, then add the prepared lotus seeds and white fungus, put in an appropriate amount of rock sugar, add enough clean water, and cook them together into porridge. The lotus seed porridge after cooking is tempting and nutritious. It can promote human metabolism and enhance human physical fitness.