Lotus seeds need to be soaked in advance if they are dry. But if it is fresh lotus seed, it does not need to be soaked in advance

Lotus seed, also known as lotus seed, water dan, lotus seed, lotus seed, lotus seed meat, is the seed of the plant genus Lotus, especially Lotus, which is very common in the cuisine of East Asian countries, and a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which can be used to make lotus seed paste, and the fresh can be used to make snacks.

Lotus seed is the seed of the lotus plant of the lotus family, the fruit is ripe in the fall when the cut lotus room, take the fruit, remove the skin, drying is the red lotus seed, white lotus seed is the fruit is ripe when the cut lotus room, take out the fruit, remove the skin, remove the red clothes, drying.

Dry lotus seed soaking water correct practice:

You can clean the dry lotus seed and add the right amount of water soak for two hours, so that the lotus seed absorbs water and fully expanded. Then put the lotus seeds in the pot and boil with high heat, simmer for 30 minutes. You can pour the dried lotus seed tea into a cup, add the right amount of rock sugar and stir well, or you can add the right amount of honey to drink together, so that the taste of dried lotus seed tea will be better.

Dried lotus seeds are dried lotus seeds formed by drying. It is usually harvested in the fall when the fruit is ripe, remove the fruit, then remove the skin, dry and become.

The surface of dried lotus seed is light yellowish brown to reddish brown, with fine longitudinal lines and wider veins. Hard, thin seed coat, not easy to peel. Cotyledon yellow-white, fat, with voids, with green lotus heart, bitter taste. Dried lotus seed texture is more dry and hard, so the soaking time is longer, otherwise it will not be able to soak out the nutrients.

Lotus growth habit

Lotus is a kind of long sunshine plant, especially like light, very intolerant of shade, in the sunrise of the semi-shady environment, leaves, buds, flowers, lotus, etc. showed obvious tendency to light phenomenon, lotus bloomed late in the hundreds of lotus is a plant that likes warmth, high temperature, low temperature.

Throughout the growing season, the best temperature range suitable for the growth of lotus root 22 ~ 32 ℃, can also tolerate a high temperature of 35.4 ℃, but the temperature is below 16 ℃ growth is extremely slow, the temperature falls again in a dormant state, no longer growing, 5 ℃ below the ground lotus is easy to frostbite.