![]() Ta da… the skins are removed! Don’t mind the reddish stain. ![]() Sis and me took 2 hours to remove the lotus seed skin! My sis use the rubbing under running water method while I pick the skin out one by one under running water. It’s here that you wish you have extra hands. Make sure to remove the tip and stem of lotus seed if any. Remove skin by rubbing under running water or in a large bowl filled with clean water. Now come the tough job of removing the skins. Btw, notice the green stems? You need to remove them later.Īfter boiling and discarding the water, you can see that there are still some skins on the lotus seeds. As you can see some of the skin has came off. The use of alkaline water is to soften the lotus seed skin so that it can be removed easily. Once alkaline water is added, the water will turn brown (must be the color from the lotus seed skin). Clockwise from top left: alkaline water, sugar, groundnut oil and maltose.įirst thing first, we need to get rid of the lotus seeds’ skin. This is because all the flavour has not escaped yet and so will make the paste more flavorful. When making lotus seed paste, make sure to buy lotus seeds with skin on them. Some baking supplies shop were selling them at RM12+. We bought these at a TCM shop (traditional Chinese medicine) and cost RM15.00. Plus I will show you how to make pandan flavoured lotus seed paste as well. If you prefer your lotus seed paste sweeter, feel free to add more sugar. The version I’m showing here is less sweet than any you could find commercially. In terms of mooncake, lotus seed paste is the lifeline! The hard work you put through makes you appreciate the work goes into making lotus seed paste. Making your own lotus seed paste are cheaper than store-bought plus they contain no artificial preservatives and coloring. It’ll be a good experience and yup it certainly was a good experience. Why? Why bother when we can easily get the mooncake filling from the shop? Then I realized it’s actually a good opportunity to learn how to make them. Then she continued “I want to make lotus seed paste from scratch too”. After all it’s not her first time making mooncake. When my sister told me she wanted to make mooncake, I welcome her idea with open arms.
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