Lotus Petals

Botanical Name: Nelumbo Nucifera
Common Names: Nagau, Baino, Seroja, Bua-luang, Teratai, Kamal, Hasu, Lilian

Lotus is an aquatic perennial originally from Indonesia and India.This graceful flowering water plant, grown since ancient times, has a place of honour in the history of three civilizations: Egypt, China and India. It is considered to be a symbol of beauty, purity and perfection. On the culinary side, every part of the plant is used in cuisines. It is multi petalled pink flower.

Dried lotus petals are ground and infused with water to make a fragrant tea. The petals steeped in wine or tea have a calming effect.The petals are placed in soups and are used as garnish. Petals are mashed into a paste and used as filling for cakes.