I think that is good enough to justify home preparation and you are not worry as what you put into your mouth.

It was in the China news that some sellers sold fake lotus paste made using potatoes paste and lotus paste flavouring. Home made preparation also ensure that family members or friends really eat the paste made from almost pure lotus seeds. I believed that limited usage will not jeopardize our health… What I am trying to stress is that there is such a flavouring and that may explained the difference in flavour in the event that you tried out this recipe. Please don’t get me wrong that I am against the use of flavouring. If you are interested to know about the commercial flavouring, you can refer to here: 优质莲子（莲蓉）香精，含量99%，食用级. With this discovery, I am more settled and are able to justify why is there a flavour difference between home made and store bought. I called 3 major bakeries in Singapore and apparently, none of have heard of this flavouring. I Goggled and I found that there is such an industrial flavouring available in the market but mostly in China. I started to suspect there must be some flavouring for lotus paste. It tastes almost the same for moon cakes that are prepared by different stores in different regions. The taste are so consistent be it in Singapore, Hong Kong or Malaysia. I do not think that there is anything wrong with the procedures, it is what is included in the commercially sold lotus seeds paste that puzzled me. Not only the colour, it taste exactly like cooked lotus seeds.It is understandable that since it is made of lotus seeds, it must taste like lotus seeds. Hmmmm, the outcome of homemade lotus seed paste does not taste like what is sold in the store. I test my patience to clean the lotus seeds one by one, boiled, mash and stir fry it …. i personally found that commercially sold lotus seed paste is aromatic and taste different from the lotus seeds found in the Chinese desserts.ĭespite the fact that I do not like lotus seeds, for the sake of lotus seed paste, I have decided to try preparing it myself.

I swear that I never like lotus seeds in desserts, not even until now… But it is very strange that I like lotus seed paste.

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