Snow Lotus / 500g
雪莲子 皂角米
S$18.00 S$46.00
- Net weight
- 500 g
- Storage
- Keep in cool and dry place
About dried lotus
Lotus root dried into slices, or lotus leaf and lotus core dried for brewing. The root is starchy and mild; the leaf and core are bitter and used sparingly. This pack is 500 g net. At the quantities below that is about 25 pots of soup. That works out at S$3.60 per 100 g.
Also known as lian ou, lotus root slices, he ye, 莲藕, lotus leaf tea.
What people use it for
Dried lotus root goes into pork rib soup and into the lotus root, water chestnut and cane soup. Lotus leaf is brewed as a tea or used to wrap rice.
How to prepare it
Root: soak 30 minutes, simmer 1 hour. Leaf or core: a teaspoon per mug, 5 minutes, and expect it to be bitter.
Keeping it
Keep in cool and dry place
Questions people ask
Is dried lotus root as good as fresh?
Different. Dried is firmer and the soup is clearer; fresh is crunchier. For a long-boiled soup most people cannot tell.
How far does this pack go?
At the quantity in the instructions above, about 25 pots of soup from this pack.
Is the bigger pack cheaper?
This one works out at S$3.60 per 100 g. One Sunny lists most items in more than one size, so compare that figure rather than the pack price.
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