How can lily not be bitter?

Everyone is familiar with lilies. Lilies can be used for viewing and eating. However, everyone knows that if fresh lilies are not handled properly, they will usually taste bitter. Lilies have high nutritional value, and there are many ways to eat lilies. Lilies can be eaten with many ingredients. In daily life, there are many people who like to eat fresh lilies. How can lilies not taste bitter when eaten?

How come lily is not bitter?

When purchasing lilies, it is best to choose those with larger single petals, clean appearance and less spots. There is a saying that lilies with large single petals have less bitterness when they are fresh. In addition, it is very simple to remove the bitterness of lily. The specific method is as follows:

1. Peeling: Peel the fresh lilies (the layer of film on the surface) after washing. If it is not torn off, the bitterness will increase.

2. Soak: Put cold water in a plate and soak the lilies for two hours to allow the lilies to absorb water and remove the bitterness.

3. Soak in rock sugar: Soak in water for 1-2 hours and put some rock sugar in the water.

4. Soak in salt water: Soak and wash in salt water, the bitterness will be reduced a lot.

4. Blanching: Blanch in hot water. When blanching, it is best to break the lily petals apart and blanch them in hot water.

5. Add other ingredients to cover up the bitterness: for example, when cooking lily and tremella porridge, add a little more rock sugar to cover up the bitterness with sweetness; when cooking red date and lily porridge, use slices of red dates to cover up the bitterness, etc.

How to clean fresh lilies

1. Select fresh lilies and rinse them underwater to remove the mud and sand on the outside.

2. Break the lilies into small pieces according to the shape of the flowers and continue to clean off the mud and sand on the outer layer. Then remove the yellow petals on the outside of the small lily.

3. Simple tips for peeling and washing lilies. Use a small knife to cut off the roots underneath the small lily and peel off the yellow part on the outside.

4. Rinse the peeled lilies in water, and then peel off the lily petals like flower petals.

5. If there is a yellow part inside the peel, use a knife to peel off the yellow part.

6. After peeling and washing everything, you can cook them.

Why are fresh lilies bitter?

The lilies we usually buy are divided into fresh lilies and dried lilies. The sensory requirements for fresh lilies are that they are soft, white, shiny, without obvious scars, with thick and full scales, and without rotten spots, injured spots, insect spots, or yellow rust spots. It smells light and tastes a bit bitter, which is normal.

Of course, not all fresh lilies are bitter. Lilies can be roughly divided into two types based on whether they have bitter taste or not. One is called pink lily and the other is medicinal lily. Pink lily is not bitter, while medicinal lily has bitter taste. As for the bitter lily, you can remove its bitterness by just a little processing.

In addition, you should pay special attention to the fresh lilies sold in bulk in supermarkets: if a lily is made up of many small lily heads and has a little red or all white on the top, it is a bitter lily. Sweet lilies usually have only one head and are thicker than bitter lilies. The color is the same as white jade, very beautiful. They are vacuum-packed and refrigerated. I can’t remember the brand. This sweet lily will always be sweet no matter how you cook it. At the same time, I suggest you take a piece and taste it before buying next time. If it’s bitter, don’t buy it. If it’s sweet, buy more.