Can lotus flowers be eaten?
Of course.
According to Compendium of Materia Medica, lotus, lotus seed, lotus coat, lotus room, lotus whisker, lotus plumule, lotus leaf, lotus stalk and lotus node can all be used as medicine. Lotus can promote blood circulation and stop bleeding, remove dampness and dispel wind, clear heart and cool blood, and relieve fever and detoxify. Lotus seeds can nourish the heart, kidney, spleen and intestine. Lotus beard can clear the heart and benefit the kidney, astringe essence and stop bleeding, relieve summer heat, relieve annoyance, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Lotus leaf can clear away heat, relieve summer heat, promote diuresis, strengthen yang, stop bleeding and lose weight. Among them, the ingredients of Lotus Leaf Zhen have miraculous effects on clearing stomach, reducing fat and removing blood stasis. Lotus root can recharge your batteries, stop bleeding and remove blood stasis, and clear away heat and toxic materials. Lotus root can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, benefit water, purge fire and clear heart.
Production of lotus abalone;
Ingredients: abalone 350g, chicken150g.
Accessories: 75g pork (fat), 50g peas and 50g horseshoes.
Seasoning: egg white 100g, onion 30g, ginger 20g, salt 3g, monosodium glutamate 2g, pepper 2g, cooking wine 10g, lard 5g.
Characteristics of lotus abalone:
Abalone is tender and delicious, chicken is tender and refreshing, and pale yellow lotus is surrounded by white and green lotus, which looks like a blooming lotus.
What are the benefits of eating lotus flowers?
Lotus is full of treasures. Lotus leaf, lotus beard, lotus bud, lotus stalk, lotus plumule, lotus root and lotus festival can all be used as medicine, especially lotus leaf, which can be said to be an essential product for health preservation in summer.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus leaves are bitter in taste and flat in nature, and belong to the liver, spleen and stomach meridians, which have the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting hair growth and clearing yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Both fresh and dry products can be used as medicine, and are often used to treat various hemorrhagic diseases caused by summer heat, polydipsia, summer dampness diarrhea, spleen deficiency diarrhea and blood heat.
Method for making soft fried lotus flower
Ingredients: 5 white lotus flowers, about 150g.
Seasoning: egg white starch 100g, rouge sugar 50g, lard 1000g (about 30g).
Method:
(1) Wash lotus petals, soak white cloth in water, cut off lotus stems and cut them into two pieces.
(2) Divide the bean paste into 24 parts, put a stuffing on each lotus flower and wrap it.
(3) Put the flour into a bowl, add egg white and water and stir into a paste.
(4) Heat the wok, put the oil to 50% heat, switch to low heat, put the wrapped lotus slices in the batter, fry them in the oil pan with chopsticks until they float, then take them out and fry them in three times, 8 slices at a time. When it is all fried, switch to medium heat. When the oil temperature reaches 60%, fry the fried lotus slices, stir them with a spoon while frying, take them out when they are light yellow, and sprinkle with osmanthus flowers. Features: lotus fragrance, sweet fragrance, clearing heat and reducing turbidity, nourishing heart and calming nerves.