If you just want to clean the dirt of lotus root, it is recommended to use steel balls. After being wiped by steel balls, the surface of lotus root will become very smooth and white, but it is suggested that this process should be carried out in water to avoid the lotus root from blackening after being placed in the air for too long.
Peel the lotus root because its skin is thick and it tastes bad. Moreover, when lotus root grows, it is often contaminated with more sediment and bacteria. If you eat directly without peeling, it is easy to infect skin bacteria and bring certain harm to human body.
Skinning skills of lotus root
1, steel ball
If you just want to clean the dirt of lotus root, it is recommended to use steel balls. After being wiped by steel balls, the surface of lotus root will become very smooth and white, but it is suggested that this process should be carried out in water to avoid the lotus root from blackening after being placed in the air for too long.
2. Scraper
If you want to peel off the skin of lotus root, I suggest you scrape it with a scraper, which will be more convenient, but it will lose more lotus root if you peel it like this.
How to cut lotus root?
Clean the lotus root, peel it with a knife, then cut it into appropriate lengths horizontally, then flatten both ends of the lotus root, take a section of lotus root, put it on the chopping board, and cut it into even lotus root slices with a knife. Pay attention to the consistency of the thickness of lotus root slices, then arrange the cut lotus root slices neatly, and cut them into uniform strips, filaments or blocks according to the needs of cooking.