If you want a crispy taste, blanch the lotus root for 2-3 minutes. If you like soft lotus, blanch it for about 10 minutes. Lotus root is a kind of food with loose texture, slow heat transfer and difficult to cook, so people usually blanch it before cooking, which can speed up frying.

Lotus root is commonly called lotus root. Lotus root contains a lot of water, protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and trace elements. After eating, it can replenish energy for human body, enhance human physique, improve human immunity and enhance the body's disease resistance.

Lotus seeds contain astringent tannic acid, which can not only stimulate appetite, promote digestion, but also effectively prevent diarrhea, so people with loss of appetite, indigestion or diarrhea can eat more lotus seeds, which will help relieve symptoms.

Lotus is an aquatic plant, which is cold in nature and has the function of clearing heat and cooling blood. Friends who have a big stomach fire and a strong liver fire can eat more lotus flowers at ordinary times, which helps to clear away the heat in the body.

Lotus root is not only rich in protein, starch and vitamins, but also contains more minerals such as iron, copper and potassium, which can supplement iron for the human body and promote the production of red blood cells in the body. Therefore, frequent consumption of lotus root can achieve the effect of enriching blood.