How to keep lotus root fresh
Uncut lotus root can be stored at room temperature for a week, but because lotus root is easy to blacken, the cut surface is easy to rot, cut lotus root should be covered with plastic film at the incision, refrigerated for about a week.
How to choose lotus root
To eat lotus root, make sure to choose yellowish-brown skin, thick and white meat, if it is black and smelly, it is not suitable for consumption.
How to preserve lotus root
1. Soak it in water. If you want to keep it overnight, it's best to keep it in a refrigerator compartment. If you don't have a refrigerator, you can keep it with salt until the next day. When you want to eat it, rinse it with water and fry it. The flavor is not bad.
2, film storage method: lotus root covered with plastic film storage shed, but not suitable for sealing, every other day to beat in.
3, mud burial method: first bury the pit with masonry bricks or wooden boards, and then a layer of lotus root, stacked 5-6 layers, and then covered with 10cm of fine soil. The stored soil should be in the state of soft strips and soft strips are not pinched by hand. Lotus roots should be arranged neatly in storage to avoid breaking. If buried in a cement warehouse, the bottom of the pit should be padded with wooden boards or bamboo frames for 10cm, the bottom of the pit should be sterilized with drugs, and then a layer of about 10cm of fine soil should be laid. The storage method is the same as above. If buried in the open space outside, choose a place with high terrain and good shade, pile the soil and lotus interlayer into a slope or pagoda shape, then cover all the lotus roots tightly with soil and dig a drainage ditch around it.
4, a small amount of uncut lotus root can be left at room temperature for a week, but the cut part is perishable, cut lotus root should be covered with plastic film at the incision, the refrigerator can be kept fresh for about a week.
5, not many lotus root can be installed in the tank. Lotus root first washed, put into a tank full of water, change the water once a week, can be kept for about 2 months.
The above is about how to keep the lotus root fresh and how to save the lotus root, like to eat the lotus root friends can use the above methods to save the lotus root oh.