Preparation
30 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
You often cook lotus seed soup with longan, lychee lotus seed soup, lotus seed soup with mung beans,… But it seems you are tired of the flavors of these soups. Let’s go to the kitchen and change your taste with lotus seed soup cooked with red dragon fruit, which is both unique in flavor and can cool you down on hot days.
Ingredients for Red Dragon Fruit Lotus Seed Soup Serves 4
Fresh lotus seeds 500 gr Red dragon fruit 1 fruit Rock sugar 200 gr Granulated sugar 100 gr Fresh pandan leaves 100 gr
How to choose delicious ingredients
How to choose fresh lotus seeds
- Fresh lotus seeds should be round, uniform, about the size of half a finger joint, and have a white color with a slight yellowish tint.
- You can check by pressing your finger into the lotus seed; if it still releases a little water when pressed, then it is fresh lotus seed.
- Avoid choosing lotus seeds that are bruised or have wrinkled outer shells. Additionally, do not select lotus seeds that are wet as they will easily bruise and wilt quickly.
How to choose delicious red-fleshed dragon fruit
- Red-fleshed dragon fruit usually has thinner and darker skin compared to white-fleshed dragon fruit, so be careful to avoid buying the wrong type. To choose good red dragon fruit, select those that are round in shape, firm in texture, and have smooth skin with few bumps; these fruits will be juicy and sweet when ripe.
- Choose fruits with soft ears that are not too hard or withered. Dragon fruit with beautiful, firm ears has usually been treated with growth hormones. Additionally, you should check the stem of the dragon fruit; if it feels brittle and breaks easily when touched, it indicates that the dragon fruit is overripe.
- Good red-fleshed dragon fruit has a strong aroma and is sweeter compared to white-fleshed dragon fruit. Avoid purchasing fruits with a fermented smell or any strange odors.
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How to prepare Lotus Seed Red Dragon Fruit Dessert
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Prepare the ingredients
Remove the core from fresh lotus seeds, wash them clean, and let them drain.
Wash the pandan leaves, take one leaf to tie all the other leaves together into a bundle.
Peel the red-fleshed dragon fruit, cut it into small cubes of about 1 cm, and then marinate the dragon fruit with granulated sugar.
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Boil lotus seeds
Put the lotus seeds and pandan leaves into a pot, then add enough water (1.5 – 2 liters of water as desired). Place the pot of lotus seeds on the stove and cook for about 30 – 40 minutes until the lotus seeds are soft.
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Cook the sweet soup
When the lotus seeds are cooked and soft, add rock sugar and stir well until the sugar is completely dissolved, then add the pandan leaves and the sugar-marinated dragon fruit to cook.
When the sweet soup pot starts boiling, the water in the pot turns a dark pink color, and the red dragon fruit and soft lotus seeds are fluffy, then turn off the heat and get ready to enjoy.
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Final product
Red dragon fruit lotus seed dessert is eye-catching, fragrant, and appealing with the sweet taste of dragon fruit and rock sugar, perfectly combined with the rich flavor of lotus seeds. This dessert is incredibly ideal for hot sunny days!
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The sweet and rich lotus seeds combined with the fragrant aroma of pandan leaves are captivating, complemented by the striking red of dragon fruit. So how can one resist a dish of red dragon fruit lotus seed dessert that is not only delicious but also visually appealing and refreshing for this summer? Give it a try right away.
