How to eat fresh lotus seeds? Tips on eating fresh lotus seeds

Many people have eaten lotus seeds, but the lotus seeds people usually eat are mostly dried lotus seeds after dehydration. People don’t know much about fresh lotus seeds that have just been taken out of the lotus fruit, and don’t know how to eat those fresh lotus seeds. In fact, the way to eat fresh lotus seeds is similar to that of dried lotus seeds, and its taste is more tempting than dried lotus seeds. The following is a detailed introduction to the eating skills of fresh lotus seeds. After reading it, you will know how to eat fresh lotus seeds.

How to eat fresh lotus seeds

1. Eat directly

It is best to eat fresh lotus seeds directly. Before eating them directly, you should first peel off the green outer coat on the surface of the fresh lotus seeds, then cut it in the middle and remove the green lotus seed core in the middle. The resulting flesh can be put in your mouth and chewed and eaten directly. At this time, you can taste the fresh taste and unique aroma of fresh lotus seeds.

2. Make sweet soup

Fresh lotus seeds are also very delicious when making sweet soup. When making it, you need to prepare some white fungus and an appropriate amount of wolfberry and rock sugar. Soak the white fungus in advance, then tear it into small fresh lotus seeds. Remove the skin and wash them with clean water. Put it into a pot together with the prepared white fungus, rock sugar and an appropriate amount of water, heat it to a boil, then simmer for 15 minutes on low heat. Then add the prepared wolfberry and cook together for about three minutes. Turn off the heat, take it out and cool it down. It is a delicious white fungus lotus seed soup.

Tips for eating fresh lotus seeds

1. Lotus seed porridge

Fresh lotus seeds can be used to cook lotus seed porridge. To make lotus seed porridge, it is popular to wash the rice in advance, soak it in clean water for half an hour, then put it in a pot with enough clean water and cook it until the rice in the pot is 80% cooked. Then you can remove the skin of the fresh lotus seeds, wash them, remove the lotus core, put them in the pot and cook them with the rice. Cook for about 15 minutes, and the porridge in the pot will be cooked. Take it out and add appropriate amount of white sugar to season it and it can be eaten.

2. Make tea

Fresh lotus seeds not only have white flesh, but also have a green lotus core in the middle. People can eat the white lotus seed flesh directly or cook porridge or soup, while the green lotus core should be put in the sun to dry. When needed, take 3 to 5 grams, put it directly in a clean glass, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, and brew it with boiling water. The soup can be drunk as tea to clear away heat, reduce fire, prevent heatstroke and reduce temperature.