1, different materials
For lotus seed powder and lotus root powder, the biggest difference is the different materials. First of all, for lotus seed powder, it is a health care product made of lotus seeds and belongs to a kind of starch. For lotus root powder, lotus root is cooked, dried and ground into powder, so the raw materials for making these two foods are different.
2. Different diets
First of all, the eating method of lotus seed powder is relatively simple. You can take lotus seed powder directly, or you can choose to take it with boiling water. For lotus root starch, you can also choose to take it with boiling water. At the same time, we can also make it into delicious snacks such as rock candy and lotus root starch, which is a good choice.
Lotus root starch diet culture
During Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty, lotus root was designated as a tribute to imperial cuisine. Because it is homophonic with "I", folk customs use lotus root to wish a happy marriage, but also because it comes out of the mud and is not stained. Together with lotus, it is a symbol of pure and noble personality.
Since ancient times, West Lake lotus root starch is the most famous. West Lake lotus root starch is a famous product in Hangzhou and a famous brand in lotus root starch. Historically, it entered the royal family as "tribute powder". Lotus root starch is thin or granular, and its color is white and red. The washed lotus root starch is transparent and reddish with delicate texture.
The poem "Lotus Root Powder" by Yao, a poet of Qiantang in Qing Dynasty: "Who grinds jade and exquisite, and grinds fragrant liquid?" It's too white to stick to mud and powder. Under the autumn sunshine, pieces of silver knife paintings. A pinch of soup makes the spoon slippery. "