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AshishNimkar.. They are my favorite flowers! I wish I had them in my dam.

Christiane, they are in my heart, as they are our national flower...Thanks for sharing such lovely pictures..!!

SheaEckert.. It was really good!! And thanks SusanEllison..

SusanEllison

beautifully presented...gorgeous! I like the third shot the best!

Oooooh! My mouth is watering!

Last Night a friend cooked Palak Makhana – Puffed Lotus Seeds in Spinach Gravy. and caramelised Lotus Root.. Soo GOOD!

Thanks Christine.. I still remember in my childhood saw people go underwater to find seeds. But that Lotus not belong to Nelumbo.

AshishNimkar, you were partly right... I have seen the rhizomes of the lotus at the temples in North India and they are under water!

Mmm!! I love curry!!

In India, the rhizomes, seeds, leaves and flowers are eaten to some extent. The rhizomes are roasted or dried and sliced. They are used in curry, soups or fried as chips. They are also pickled or can be frozen and used as an ingredient in pre-cooked foods, and a kind of thickening powder may be prepared from the fleshy rhizomes. The fruits are sold in Indian markets for the edible seeds embedded in it. The seeds are removed of their outer covering and embryo, which is intensely bitter. They are sweet and tasty and may be eaten raw, roasted, boiled, candied or ground into flour. Young leaves, leaf stalks and flowers of lotus are eaten as vegetables in India. Its seeds are roasted to make puffs called 'makhanas'.

Yes Mitch I checked they are not ready green seeds pods. In Nelumbo they come out of water. My statement must be wrong about they locate under water.

MitchRay

Weird. That definitely looks like one of the seed pods from our water lotus here in the states. They are apparently very good to eat (taste nutty) but can give one terrible gas

Actually these are not seeds. Seeds at below under water. Seeds has black shell and white core. Seeds are very much edible. Flex of Lotus seeds are commonly used in Holly offering food in India as "Prasadam" in North Indian Temples.

Really? Do they taste good?

Thanks...You can eat them as well..

I've never seen them in the seed form... Sweet!

AshishNimkar.. thank you and I am happy to share beautiful photos..