Wood Lotus Fruit has a delicious taste that makes your mouth water just by looking at it, not to mention when it is made into various delicious dishes. But do you know when this fruit is ripe? I also had this question, so let's find out below!
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Ripening Time of Wood Lotus Fruit
In August (before and after the end of summer), pick the fruit before it ripens and cracks. Cut off the remaining fruit stems and dry them thoroughly in the sun.
Wood Lotus Fruit grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests below an altitude of 1300m.
It is distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, and other places.
Recommended Wood Lotus Fruit Recipes
1. Ginseng and Lotus Fruit Soup
Method: Soak 10g of white ginseng and 10 wood lotus fruits in water. After swelling, add 30g of rock sugar and steam for one hour before consuming.
Usage: The ginseng can be kept for the next day and steamed with wood lotus fruit using the same method. It can be used for three consecutive times.
Efficacy: It has the effect of replenishing qi and strengthening the spleen, suitable for post-illness weakness, spleen deficiency and thinness, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, and diarrhea.
2. Lotus Fruit Stewed Pig Stomach
Method: Clean one pig stomach and fill it with 40 seeds of wood lotus fruit (without the core). Sew it with a thread and stew it until cooked. Cut the pig stomach into slices and put it on a plate with wood lotus fruit. Add an appropriate amount of sesame oil, salt, spring onion, ginger, and garlic for seasoning and consumption.
Efficacy: It has the effect of invigorating the spleen and stomach, nourishing deficiency and replenishing qi. It is suitable for reduced appetite, thinness and diarrhea, and edema.
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