Lotus root, also known as lotus vegetable, shape fat and knobbly, with small tubular holes inside, divided into safflower lotus root, white lotus root, sesame lotus root. Safflower lotus root is long and thin, tawny and rough, with little water, not crisp; white lotus root is fat, tender and smooth, silver white lotus color, crispy and juicy flesh, sweet and rich; sesame lotus root is pink, rough in appearance, containing much starch.

Main value

Lotus root contains starch, protein, asparagine, vitamin C and oxidizing enzyme components, and high sugar content.

Eating fresh lotus root raw can clear heat and relieve vexation, quench thirst and stop vomiting; if the fresh lotus root is pressed to get juice, its effect is even more, cooked lotus root is sweet and warm in nature, which can strengthen the spleen and open the stomach, and it has the effect of eliminating food, quenching thirst, and generating muscles.

Lotus root recipes

One, back to the pot lotus root

Raw materials: lotus root 1 section, dried chili moderate, onion, ginger and garlic moderate

Accessories: cooking oil, salt, starch, Pixian soybean paste, soy sauce

practice:

Lotus root peeled and cut into thin slices, put into the boiling water, with medium-high heat to cook for 2 minutes, after cooking, put into the cold water.

Drain the lotus root slices and sprinkle with a layer of cornstarch to make the surface of the slices drier.

Heat the oil in a wok until it reaches 70 percent, then add the lotus root slices in turn and cook over medium-high heat until they turn brown, then strain the oil and remove from the pan.

Leave 1 tablespoon of oil in the pot, put onion, ginger and garlic burst incense, put dry chili, 1 tablespoon of Pixian bean paste, with a small fire to the bean paste fried scattered fried flavor.

Put in just good lotus root slices, pour 1 spoonful of soy sauce, the lotus root slices stir fry color, and finally sprinkle some chopped green onion, and then slightly stir fry a few times can be.

Two, peanuts, lotus root stew pig's feet

Raw materials: pig's feet 1, 1 catty lotus root, peanuts, ginger, scallion

Accessories: cooking oil, pork chop sauce, oyster sauce, salt, pepper

Practice:

Peanuts poured into the water to soak for an hour; lotus root peeled and cut into pieces.

Make a sauce: put in 3 tablespoons of pork chop sauce, 2 tablespoons of oyster sauce, 1 tsp of salt, ? tsp of pepper, mix well.

Blanch the pig's trotters in cold water, add ginger slices, cook over high heat, skim off the floating powder when it boils, and fish out the pig's trotters.

Heat a wok with 3 tablespoons of oil, add the pig's trotters and ginger slices, and stir-fry over high heat to dry out the surface water, about 5 minutes, then turn down the heat.

Put in the sauce just made, the pig's feet stir fry color, put in the peanuts, lotus root, stir fry evenly; add water to almost did not over the pig's feet, high heat to cook; boil all the ingredients into the electric pressure cooker liner, electric pressure cooker stew for 35 minutes, ordinary pressure cooker for 20 minutes; 35 minutes after the ingredients fish out.

Pour the rest of the soup into the pot, turn on high heat to thicken the soup, about 5 minutes after the fire off, pour the soup on the pig's feet, sprinkle some chopped green onion can be.

Three, cinnamon glutinous rice lotus root

Raw materials: lotus root 2 sections, glutinous rice, 15g rock sugar, brown sugar 40g, dry cinnamon

Practice:

Lotus root peeled and cut off the top of the standby, in the lotus root stuffed with soaked for 1 hour of glutinous rice, with chopsticks bucket until filled; cover the top of the cut off the lotus root, inserted with a toothpick to fix.

When the water boils quickly, put the lotus root into the pot, add rock sugar, brown sugar, stir well, cover the pot and cook on medium-low heat for 1 hour.

After 1 hour, fish out the lotus root, open the fire to cook the soup thick, dark color, turn off the fire; glutinous rice lotus root a little cooled after removing the toothpicks, cut thick slices, and then drizzle with boiled thick brown sugar water, this brown sugar glutinous rice lotus root is complete, sprinkle dry cinnamon can be.