Thursday, September 25, 2008

Lotus Root: Delicious!


Ok, so it would have been nice if I had saved some of the cooked ones so I could take a picture, but they were quite tasty!

I wasn't sure I even wanted to eat these things when I first saw them, but after being introduced to them in my cooking class, they have become quite a favorite. When fried, they have somewhat the texture of a fried potato, but not quite. They have a sort of sweet flavor to them, but not like a sweet potato at all. Delicious! Pretty, too.

Edit: Here is a picture of some we fried in the cooking class, but these are done more like potato chip texture. These tonight had more of a texture of fried potatoes rather than chip style, and you could still see their shape a bit better.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

We had some of that in china, only they were dried and coated with something like powdered sugar. It was...interesting...
-Sydney

thots about stuff said...

Hmmm. I don't know if I would like it served that way. It sounds kinda weird.

Fried, it has a texture I really like and a delicious flavor. I only added a very tiny sprinkle of salt to it and it tasted sooo good.

Unknown said...

That sounds much better...

I think they kind we tried was suppose to be like a trial mix-y thing, so that may impact the way it was prepared and all.

thots about stuff said...

If I can find it in the states at an Asian market or anywhere, I will make some at one of the parties we have! Very tasty stuff.

I hope it can be grown there! I'd love to have some rows of it in a garden.