Dressed as a peasant girl, the prince actually wants to seduce me

Chapter 157 Lotus root starch

"Yes! It is completely possible to plant it!" This way, water chestnuts will no longer have to be planted next to the pond.

Plant all the upgraded fields and harvest the lotus roots from the pond. There are already a lot of lotus roots stored.

Su Mu planned to take these lotus roots out and make some lotus root powder.

"Mumu, what are you going to do with so many lotus roots?" Wang came over after washing her hands.

"Mom, prepare some lotus root powder with the lotus root."

Wang didn't have to consider that this was another new food.

"Little sister! Is there anything new to eat?"

Su Mu nodded, "Yes! Lotus root porridge is delicious and very convenient."

As soon as I heard that it was something very delicious, my enthusiasm was piqued.

“Let’s do it now!”

"We need to peel off the skin of these lotus roots first, as well as the knots on both sides of the lotus roots." Su Mu pointed at the white and black pieces beside the lotus roots, "And don't take these black whiskers either."

"it is good!"

Wash the lotus root first, then scrape off the skin with a knife. Now I'm used to peeling the skin with a knife, and now I can peel it very quickly.

"What should I do next, little sister?"

"First, cut the lotus root into small pieces." Su Mu held the knife in both hands and chopped the lotus root quickly like chopping dumpling fillings. "Don't worry about the shape of the lotus root powder. These will need to be put into the grinding disc and ground into pulp later."

For a while, the sounds of chopping things were heard one after another, and the chopped lotus root pieces filled several basins.

"Little sister, the millstone is ready!"

"Put these lotus roots along with the water into the millstone and grind them into pieces." Su Mu and his second brother now have a very good understanding of each other. If you go fast, I will go fast, and if you go slow, I will go slow.

The outlet of the grinding wheel can start to discharge slurry.

"Put the pulp into the cloth and scrub it three or four times to wash out all the starch. The remaining water needs to settle for more than two or three hours."

"Do I need to pour the water on top again like I do when making rice noodle skin?"

"Yes, that's it."

Place the lotus root powder water into the space and it will settle after a while.

"After the water on top is poured out, what's left at the bottom is wet lotus root powder. The state of this wet lotus root powder is very interesting."

Su Mu looked at his second brother, and his third brother said with a sly smile, "Do you want to try? You can't break this lotus root powder even if you hit it hard."

The two were eager to try, "Isn't this just powder? Why can't it be broken?"

"Let me try first." The third brother said first, "Second brother, if I succeed, you can definitely do it. If I can't break it, it's up to you!"

"Okay, come on."

A few people stepped back and left the stage to Su An.

The third brother rolled up his sleeves and moved his arms, as if he was going to exert all his strength. "Oh hey!" The third brother hit hard, but the lotus root powder did not change at all.

"How could it be! It looks like a thick paste, why can't it be broken?" The third brother was very confused.

"Second brother, come and try it!"

Su Zhiwu also clenched his fist and tried to hit the wet lotus root powder. As a result, he felt the force of the lotus root powder rebounding. As soon as his fist touched it, the lotus root powder paste immediately became extremely hard.

I tried to increase the strength, but the greater the strength, the harder the lotus root starch paste felt.

"So cool!" The second brother was very surprised. This was too magical. The greater the force, the harder it felt.

"Little sister, how do we eat this?" the third brother asked worriedly.

"Well?" Su Mu kept it a secret. "Why don't you try it with a little strength?"

The two of them gently reached their hands in and found that their hands could go directly inside.

"Little sister! It's awesome!"

Su Mu scooped up a piece and pressed hard in his palm. When he opened his hand, a white hard ball appeared in his hand. Then the hard ball slowly melted and turned into a thick liquid.

Give it strength again and it will turn into a ball again. If you release it, it will slowly dissolve.

"What fun!" Several people were repeating this step and enjoying it.

"The name of this phenomenon is non-Newtonian fluid. It is not just lotus root powder that can produce this phenomenon. Other starches can also produce this phenomenon," Su Mu explained.

"Oh!" The two of them suddenly realized.

"We need to wrap the lotus root powder in cloth, hang it for half an hour, and then continue to drain the moisture out."

The rack that was used to dry dried persimmons last time was now hung with bags of lotus root starch.

When the time is up, take out the large clumps of lotus root starch.

"Cut the wet lotus root powder into thin slices, spread them out to dry, and the dried lotus root powder is ready."

The dried lotus root powder is put into jars. The output of lotus root powder is not very large, generally ten pounds of lotus root can produce one pound of powder.

"Little sister, how do you eat this lotus root powder?"

A man stood in front of Su Mu holding a bowl.

"First, scoop a spoonful of lotus root starch into the bowl."

Everyone scooped a spoonful of lotus root powder into the bowl in unison.

"Add a little bit of cold water to dissolve it, not too much. A little bit is enough. If you add too much, it will be difficult to brew."

"Okay." Everyone carefully scooped some cold water with a spoon to dissolve it, and were cautious not to pour it directly.

"Pour boiling water into the bowl and stir it."

Su Mu took a wooden spoon and stirred it a few times, and a bowl of thick lotus root powder was ready.

“Adding water can actually turn it into such a thick porridge!” Wang was surprised.

Following the standard process step by step, every bowl of lotus root starch is a perfect success.

"You can also add some dried osmanthus, red dates, crushed black sesame seeds to the brewed lotus root powder. You can put in whatever you like."

Su Mu took out a lot of small ingredients, and you can add whatever you like.

In the past, when she drank lotus root powder and eight-treasure porridge, she added purple rice, wheat kernels, oats, raisins, hawthorn slices, crushed peanuts, candied red beans, and crushed corn. It was so delicious.

"Lotus root powder is easy to eat. You only need hot water to have a bowl of thick porridge." Wang sighed while drinking lotus root powder porridge.

"Yes, we can now sell this lotus root powder in the shop." But the selling price will definitely not be low, as it takes more than ten pounds of lotus roots to produce one pound of powder.

"This lotus root starch must be very popular." said the third brother.

With such a simple way of eating, even if you don’t know how to cook, you can still make a dish of porridge, which gives you a great sense of accomplishment.

"I'll give some to Grandpa Ji to try."

Su Mu brought the unboiled lotus root powder to the retired emperor's small villa.

The emperor was playing chess with Defu at this time. Both of them were playing very seriously, but when Sumu went to the side and took a look, he thought that they were equally matched.

Or maybe neither of them has shown their true strength, otherwise how could the entire chessboard be filled with chess pieces? These two are both very smart, and there is no way they would play like this.

"The village chief is here." Defu saw Sumu first.

"The little girl is here?"

"What delicious food did you bring?" The emperor saw what Su Mu was holding in his hand at a glance.

"This is lotus root porridge. Would you like some, Grandpa Ji?"

"Of course you have to drink it. Defu, go get three bowls."

"Yeah." De Fu stood up and brought three bowls.

The emperor took it and gave one to Sumu and Defu respectively.

"Grandpa Ji, this lotus root porridge is not a finished product now."