Lotus in a foodie's bowl
"There are colors and fragrances and fruits, and a hundred flowers are not like lotuses."
Liu Bowen of the Ming Dynasty praised the lotus in the "Nine Songs of Picking Lotus Songs", which is not only beautiful and smelly, but also particularly delicious.
From the roots and fruits to the flowers and leaves, the lotus flowers are eaten by the "delicious" Chinese people.
Mature lotus can be made into soup, and small lotus strips can be stir-fried;
Fruit lotus can be eaten directly, and can also be made into desserts such as lotus cake;
Even flowers can be used to make tea, leaves can be used to make lotus chicken...
No wonder some people say:
The beauty of the lotus flower is half in the poetry of the literati and half in the bowl of the foodie.
The rhizome of the lotus, the lotus, in addition to making various dishes, in recent years, there is another way to eat special fire, that is: mixing lotus powder.
Under the quiet and infectious video publicity of Li Ziqi, lotus powder has "turned red" among young people.
"Who mills jade and mills, grinds around the drops of aromatic liquid."
The mud is not stained, and the staining powder is too white.
Spreading the stormy autumn sun, pieces of silver knife painting.
A pinch of soup, a rhino spoon slippery. ”
This is the production process of lotus powder written by the Qing Dynasty poet Yao Siqin.
Digging out the lotus root hanging from the lotus pond, to mashing, grinding and squeezing into juice;
Filter the lotus pulp and precipitate the lotus mud;
Re-lay, shape, dry, crush into powder...
Li Ziqi perfectly reproduced this process.
Looking at the bowl of lotus flour that was poured out, it was crystal clear, so that people could feel the smooth taste across the screen.
Lotus powder: a health snack that has been passed down for hundreds of years
There is a saying: "A woman must not be without a lotus for three days." ”
Li Shizhen called lotus the "spirit root". Lotus, in Chinese medicine, is equal to health maintenance, and the same is true of lotus powder.
The Qing Dynasty physician Zhao Xuemin also recorded the efficacy of lotus powder in the "Gangmu Collection", which can "lighten the body and prolong life".
Therefore, from the Ming and Qing dynasties, lotus powder has also become a good product for women to nourish their faces.
And Jiangnan is rich in lotus roots, and there are more than ten businesses that produce lotus powder in Hangzhou, which shows that it is the love of lotus powder in Jiangnan.
In "Dream of the Red Chamber", there is a record of a dessert made of lotus flour - lotus powder osmanthus sugar cake, which is a cake that Jia Mu specially ordered Ya Gui to make for Bao Yu and the ladies.
In modern times, it is said that Nixon came to Hangzhou during his visit to China in 1972, tasted the local lotus flour, and praised it, and even brought it back to the United States as a national gift.
Lotus flour from the West Lake has become one of the specialties of Hangzhou.
Only 1 pound of lotus powder is obtained for 20 pounds of lotus
In the eyes of many young people now, lotus flour has become a nutritious meal replacement that is delicious and does not get fat.
However, it should be known that lotus flour is particularly prone to "counterfeiting", resulting in lotus flour having no fragrance, poor taste, and even cannot be mixed.
This is because 20 pounds of lotus can only make 1 pound of lotus powder!
From Li Ziqi's video, it is not difficult to see that to make that little bit of lotus flour requires a lot of raw materials, which is not a small cost.
So some "bad" businesses will add sweet potato flour or potato flour.
No wonder the Qing Dynasty literary scholar Yuan Mingdu wrote that "lotus powder is not self-grinding, and the letter is not true." ("Suiyuan Food List")
True pure lotus powder, when brewing, you need to first add cold water to open, so that the lotus powder fully absorbs water and penetrates into the inside of the particles; then while stirring, add hot water above 75 °, so that the lotus powder has the best taste.
However, adulterated lotus flour, often because the starch properties and lotus powder are not the same, resulting in the lack of application of this most traditional preparation method.
"Apricot cheese fragrant,
Cane pulp cold Qin,
Mouth fixed green lotus vomit. ”
If you want to taste the most authentic lotus powder, you must choose the pure lotus powder of the old brand to feel the smooth and delicate taste that has been passed down for a hundred years.
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