Njengohlobo olucutshunguliwe lwempande ye-lotus, impande ye-lotus edayiwe ibambe isikhundla esiyingqayizivele embonini yokudla. Yenziwe ngempande ye-lotus entsha, ingena ohlelweni lokuhlanzwa, ukuxetshulwa, kanye nokudaywa. Le nqubo igcina umsoco wezimpande kuyilapho kulula ukuyigcina nokuthutha, iyenze ibe umkhiqizo ofunwa kakhulu{2}}ngemva kokucutshungulwa kwezolimo ezimakethe zohwebo zamazwe ngamazwe.
Impande ye-lotus edayiwe ngokuvamile ivela njengekhiyubhu evamile noma ibhulokhi elingunxande, iyunifomu ngosayizi, enombala omhlophe noma ophuzi kancane kanye nendawo ebushelelezi, ethambile. -Ikhwalithi ephezulu yempande ye-lotus edayisi kufanele ingabi namachashaza amnyama abonakalayo, umonakalo, noma i-oxidation, engagcini nje ngokuphazamisa ukubukeka kwayo kodwa futhi engase yehlise ukwamukelwa kwayo emakethe. Impande ye-lotus edayisiwe inokuthungwa okuhlanzekile, okuthambile kanye nokunambitheka okumnandi. Ingadliwa iluhlaza noma isetshenziselwe ukupheka, njengokuxova{4}}ukuthosa, uku-stewing, noma ukuphakelwa okubandayo, ukujwayelana namasiko ahlukahlukene okudla.
Ngokomsoco, impande ye-lotus edayisiwe inothe nge-fiber yokudla, uvithamini C, i-potassium, nezinto ezihlukahlukene zokulandela umkhondo. Inama-calories aphansi futhi inomsoco kakhulu, ihlangabezana nokuphishekela umthengi wesimanje ukudla okunempilo. I-fibre yayo yokudla isiza ukugaya, kuyilapho ama-polyphenols ezimpandeni ze-lotus anikeza izinzuzo ze-antioxidant, okwandisa izinzuzo zayo zezempilo.
Emakethe yezohwebo yamazwe ngamazwe, impande ye-lotus isiyisithako esidumile phakathi kwabathengi base-Asia, eYurophu, nase-US ngenxa yokucubungula kwayo okulula nempilo ende yeshalofu. Ukupakishwa kwe-vacuum noma ukubanda kunweba kakhulu impilo yayo yeshalofu, kuyenze ifanelekele{1}}izinto zokuhamba ezide. Umsuka we-lotus ungasetshenziswa-njengokudla-ukudla okulula, isithako sebhodwe elishisayo, noma njengesithako ezitsheni zesiShayina, ukuhlinzeka ngezidingo zemakethe ezihlukahlukene.
Ngokukhula kwentshisekelo yabathengi emhlabeni wonke ezithakweni ezahlukahlukene, amandla emakethe empande yelotus ayavela kancane kancane. Izinkampani zohwebo lwangaphandle ezibeka phambili ukulawulwa kwekhwalithi yomkhiqizo, idizayini yokupakisha, kanye nokuvumelana nezimo kwamasiko kuzosiza ngokuqhubekayo ukwandisa izimpande zelotus emakethe yamazwe ngamazwe.
