Dragon fruit flowers
Selenicereus undatus
flower
Large dried flowers of the dragon fruit cactus, simmered in Cantonese soups, which they make silky.
- Origin
- Central America, grown in southern China
- Season (United States)
- all year round
- Preparation
- The dried flowers are rinsed, soaked for twenty minutes, then simmered for an hour in the soup with the meat; they are eaten with it.
- Did you know?
- It opens for only one night: it is called “queen of the night”.