If you fail to brew lotus root starch, you can use the following methods to remedy the problem:

1. If the lotus root starch is dilute when it is washed out, you can heat it in a pot and pour it into the same pot when heating. Stir the lotus root starch in the right direction. Pay close attention to the consistency of the lotus root starch when stirring. Generally, it can be done until the lotus root starch becomes thick.

2. You can add an appropriate amount of rice flour or starch to the thin lotus root starch, and then boil it together to make lotus root starch porridge. This is also possible.

3. If the prepared lotus root starch is too thick, you can add an appropriate amount of warm boiled water to remedy it. After adding water, the lotus root starch will become softer and thinner, and the taste will be better.

About lotus root powder:

Lotus root powder is a kind of snack, which is divided into red lotus root powder, pure lotus root powder and rock sugar lotus root powder. When eating, add boiling water and stir quickly until the lotus root powder becomes Light brown transparent gel, ready to eat.

During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, lotus root was once used as a tribute to the imperial family. Because it has the same pronunciation as "even", people eat lotus root to wish for a happy marriage. Because it is stained by sludge, it is a symbol of clean and honest personality like the lotus.

Extended information:

Lotus is also known as lotus, Fuqu, Zezhi, Shuizhi and lotus. Perennial aquatic herb. The rhizome is transverse, thick, with enlarged internodes, many longitudinal ventilation holes, and exogenous whisker-like adventitious roots. Leaves grow on the nodes, above the water surface; the petiole is located in the center of the back of the leaf, thick, cylindrical, and spiny.

The leaves are round, 25-90cm in diameter, whole or slightly wavy, pink-green above, with veins shooting out from the center below, and 1-2 forked branches. The flowers are solitary on the top of the pedicel, which is as long as the petiole or slightly longer, and also has small thorns. The flower is 10-20cm in diameter, fragrant, red, pink or white.

The petals are oval or obovate, 5-10cm long and 3-5cm wide; there are many stamens, strip-shaped anthers, and slender filaments, which are borne under the receptacle; there are many carpels buried in the enlarged receptacle. Inside, the ovary is oval and the styles are extremely short.

After flowering, there is a "lotus pod", inverted cone shape, 5-10cm in diameter, with 20-30 small holes, each hole contains 1 fruit; the nut is oval or egg-shaped, 1.5-2.5 in length. cm, peel quality, hard, dark brown when ripe. The seeds are oval or oval, 1.2-1.7cm long, with red or white seed coat. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from August to October.