Lotus seed paste is a food made from lotus seeds, white sugar, oil and other ingredients.

White lotus seed paste is made of lotus seed and white sugar, yellow lotus seed paste is made of brown sugar and oil, so it is yellow in color, and it should be stored out of direct sunlight and at low temperatures. Pure lotus seed paste filled mooncakes require that the filling be made of 100% lotus seed in addition to sugar and oil; lotus seed paste filled mooncakes require that the filling be made of more than 60% lotus seed in addition to sugar and oil, and the filling be made of more than 60% lotus seed in addition to sugar and oil, and the filling is a kind of paste or solid sugar paste made from lotus seed and sugar. A paste or solid sugar paste made from lotus seeds and sugar, it is one of the commonly used fillings in Chinese desserts and pastries.

It is made by boiling lotus seeds, removing the heart of the seeds, and then grinding or stirring the lotus flesh and sugar together until fine, eventually forming lotus seed paste, which has a delicate texture and unique aromatic flavor, and is often used in traditional Chinese pastries such as mooncakes, zongzi, and pastries. Lotus seed paste mooncake is one of the popular mooncake varieties during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lotus seed paste can also be used in other Chinese desserts, such as lotus seed paste buns and lotus seed paste soup dumplings.

Difference between Lotus Seed Paste and Coconut Seed Paste

1, from the nature, they are not the same kind of food, Lotus Seed Paste is made of oil, sugar, cooking oil and lotus seeds, while the raw material of Coconut Seed Paste is shredded coconut and coconut flour and other additives.

2, from the role, lotus seed paste is mostly used as a baked goods filling, and coconut seed paste are in the good after the pastry sprinkled on the surface of the pastry, there will be part of the bread is coconut seed paste filling, but often coconut seed paste filling is dry, and the bread flesh is fused. The lotus seed paste filling tends to be thinner in texture and can be melted.

3, from the flavor, the difference between the two sky-high, as long as you have eaten products about coconut, you will be clear about the taste of coconut, coconut contains a very strong coconut flavor, and lotus seed paste yolk and creamy flavor is relatively heavy, just need to smell it can be very easy to distinguish between the two.