Lotus seed paste for sale9/14/2023 Homemade Lotus Seed Paste For Mooncake FillingĪdapted from Jodeli forum & Mooncakes by Alan OoiĦ00g lotus seeds, washed, buy lotus seed with skin = more flavorful pasteĦ0g melon seeds (dry fry or roasted until golden brown)ġ. Mix until paste is a little dry (same texture as lotus seed paste you made above). In a wok over low heat, add 380g of lotus seed paste and pandan juice.Īdd sugar and mix well. Sieve the pulp and save the pandan juice. Blend the pandan leaves in blender together with some water. Then rinse and cut pandan leaves into smaller pieces for easy blending. If you plan to make pandan lotus seed paste, before adding the melon take out 380g worth of lotus seed paste for this pandan variation. You can use this lotus paste filling for making single yolk lotus paste mooncake (the link will also teach you how to make Mooncake Biscuits)Īdditional bonus: How to make pandan lotus seed paste Homemade lotus seed paste… it’s definitely worth all the hard work! We started with 600g of lotus seeds and ended with 1.2kg worth of lotus seed paste. Once cooled, add melon seeds and mix the paste until combine. Stir until paste leave the sides of wok and that’s when you know the paste is ready. Stir constantly (to avoid burnt) until paste become thick. Stir-fry until paste become almost dry.Īdd some oil and stir until combined before adding more. Here you have the chance to adjust the sugar level. In low heat, stir-fry sugar until sugar dissolved and turns golden.Īdd lotus seed puree and the remaining sugar. Heat a wok in low heat and add 3-4 tablespoons groundnut oil. Now we’re ready to cook the blended lotus seed with other ingredients to make into real paste. Hahaīlended lotus seed (or lotus seed puree). If you’re confidence like us, you may skip too. Remove from heat.Īllow the lotus seed to cool down before blending the lotus seed in food processor in 2 or 3 batches. Now that the skins are removed, it’s time to boil the lotus seed and make into puree.Ĭover pot with just enough water and boil the lotus seed until soft. 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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