Lotus seeds are easier to cook;

1. Soak in hot alkali water with the ratio of alkali to water of ten. After the alkali is dissolved, soak the lotus seeds for about an hour, wash them with clear water and then soak them in hot water. Lotus seeds swell and rot when cooked.

2, lotus seeds in the freezer for a day, take out and cook it easily.

Lotus seeds are small nuts. It is ovoid, ovoid or ovoid, and its size varies with varieties. General length 1.6- 1.8cm, width 1. 1.2cm, 1000-grain weight 1 1438.

With thin longitudinal stripes and wide veins. The center of one end is papillary, dark brown, with many cracks and slightly concave periphery. It's hard. The seed coat is thin and not easy to peel. Cotyledons 2, yellow and white, plump, with gaps in the middle, with green germs. Odorless, sweet and slightly astringent.

Nutritional value of lotus seeds;

Anti-cancer and anti-cancer: Lotus seeds are good at supplementing the deficiency of the five internal organs, benefiting the twelve meridians's qi and blood, making qi and blood smooth and not rotting, and the yellow heart Suning oxide contained in lotus seeds has an inhibitory effect on nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which constitute the nutritional and health-care functions of lotus seeds in preventing and treating cancer;

Lowering blood pressure: the amorphous alkaloid N-9 contained in lotus seeds has the function of lowering blood pressure;

Strengthening the heart and calming the nerves: alkaloids contained in lotus seeds have obvious cardiotonic effect, while liensinine has strong anti-calcium and anti-arrhythmia effects;

Clearing heart and removing freckles: Lotus plumule can clear heart and remove freckles.