Generally, it takes 2 hours to soak the dried Gordon Euryale seeds before they are easy to boil. Dry Euryale ferox is made after drying in the sun. It is hard, so it can't be boiled in water directly. Generally, it needs to be soaked for 2 hours, and then put it into a pot for cooking after it is full of water. It takes about 30 minutes to completely boil Euryale ferox.

Gordon Euryale is divided into dry Gordon Euryale and fresh Gordon Euryale, and fresh Gordon Euryale is directly fished out of the water, which is soft.

Tender Gordon Euryale is easy to boil and tastes good. Old Gordon Euryale is a mature Gordon Euryale, which is not easy to boil. Soak it in water for several hours before cooking.

The diets made from Euryale ferox are: Euryale Fructus Lycii and Auricularia Soup, Coix seed and Euryale Rhizoma Dioscoreae porridge, Euryale Semen and lotus seed porridge, etc. Besides eating, Euryale ferox can also be used for medicine.