Lotus seed sweet soup is an old-fashioned Chinese dessert. It's a thick caramel soup with soft, powdery lotus seeds.
I was buying lotus seeds when a fellow aunty shopper who was waiting for her turn asked me how the dried seeds should be cooked.
Whilst I pondered the question (and sized her up), she told me hers were still hard after soaking overnight and simmering for two hours!
Ah yes, my