Lotus Seeds
ホクホクで栗みたい！白きくらげのスープに浮かぶ上品な「蓮の実」
Description
Dried 'lotus seeds' formed after lotus flowers fall. Features a fluffy texture like chestnuts or lily bulbs; a premium ingredient essential for Taiwanese medicinal soups and beauty sweets.
Classification: For Women,Dried Goods,White Pearl of Taiwanese Medicinal Sweets
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How to use
Ingredients
Instructions
- [Prep/Usage]
- [Rehydrating & Decoring (Crucial)] Soak dried Lian Zi in water for hours. *If a green 'core (shoot)' remains inside, it is intensely bitter and must be pushed out with a toothpick (buying decored ones is convenient).
- [Yin Er Lian Zi Tang (Beauty Sweet)] Simmer this Lian Zi and goji berries in a warm (or cold) soup of gooey-boiled white fungus (Yin Er) and rock sugar. The ultimate 'edible beauty serum' loved by Taiwanese women.
- [Si Shen Tang (Medicinal Soup)] A massive night market staple nourishing soup simmering pork offal with Yi Ren (Job's tears) and this Lian Zi.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Elegant、rustic sweet aroma resembling chestnuts
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Candied chestnuts or lily bulbs (fluffy texture sub)
Pairing
White fungus (Yin Er), Rock sugar, Si Shen Tang (Pork offal soup)
Trivia
[For Women] Harvested from lotus blooming beautifully from muddy water, historically a symbol of 'purity and longevity'. In Chinese medicine, believed to 'calm the mind and improve insomnia'; eating chilled simmered lotus seed syrup is the best relaxation on hot, sleepless Taiwanese nights. Baihe, Tainan is famous for lotus; visiting in summer reveals fresh raw lotus seeds in markets.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Choose sweet-simmered Lian Zi as a Taiwanese shaved ice (Cua Bing) topping, enjoying a 'fluffy trio' with taro and red beans over cold ice!
Allergen
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