Lotus can be eaten directly, the fresh lotus peeled, take out the inside of the lotus seed can be eaten directly. Or you can refrigerate it and then eat it, eat up the tender taste, very attractive. Picked down the fresh lotus seed, but a common summer snack.
How to peel the lotus seed: along the edge of the lotus seed head, the whole side with honeycomb protrusions all uncovered, only one by one lotus rice, also wrapped in a layer of white fiber-like film. Then a lotus rice off, first peeled off the white fiber film, and then peeled off the green shell, the tender lotus rice is exposed, directly on the entrance, a light sweetness.
2, dry and then eat
You can also dry the lotus seed after eating, is also a good choice. That is, take it out after drying inside the lotus seed, and then cut the lotus seed from the center, take out the green buds, this green buds, is the lotus core. Take out the lotus seeds can be cooked porridge can also be made soup, and get the lotus core can be used to make tea, it bubble out of the tea can clear heat and detoxification, but also calm and tranquilize the mind.