Scrumptious Lotus Root

Name: Scrumptious Lotus Root
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 400 g Frozen Lotus Root *thawed; 2-3 tablespoons Potato starch Flour OR Corn Starch Flour; Oil for frying; Toasted Sesame Seeds; <Sauce>; 2 tablespoons Sugar; 1 tablespoon Rice Vinagar; 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce OR 3 tablespoons ‘Bannō’ Soy Sauce; *Note: ‘Bannō’ Soy Sauce can be made by combining 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce, 1/4 teaspoon grated Garlic, 1/2 teaspoon grated Ginger, 1/2 teaspoon Toban Djan (Chilli Bean Sauce)

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

Lotus Root is a common ingredient for Japanese cooking, but it is one of the hard-to-find vegetables in Australia. However, ready-to-use frozen Lotus Root is available from many Asian grocery stores. Lotus Root has no strong flavour, but it has very unique crispy and crunchy texture as well as potato-like texture. I don’t know any other vegetables that have the same or similar texture like Lotus Root.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

4 servings

400 gFrozen Lotus Root *thawed
2-3 tablespoonsPotato starch Flour OR Corn Starch Flour
Oil for frying
Toasted Sesame Seeds
<Sauce>
2 tablespoonsSugar
1 tablespoonRice Vinagar
2 tablespoonsSoy Sauce OR 3 tablespoons ‘Bannō’ Soy Sauce
*Note: ‘Bannō’ Soy Sauce can be made by combining 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce, 1/4 teaspoon grated Garlic, 1/2 teaspoon grated Ginger, 1/2 teaspoon Toban Djan (Chilli Bean Sauce)

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Steps

1

Combine all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
2

Cut Lotus Root slices in half, sprinkle with Potato Starch Flour and coat each piece. This layer of starch will become jelly-like when combined with sauce.
3

Shallow fry the Lotus Root pieces with generous amount of Oil in a frying pan until slightly golden and crispy. They tend to stick to each other because of the starch coating, so DO NOT fry too many pieces at once.
4

When you finished frying the Lotus Root pieces, transfer the Oil to a mug or something, and clean the pan using paper towel.
5

Place the sauce in the pan and heat over medium high heat. When the sauce starts boiling, add fried Lotus Root pieces, and combine all well.
6

Sprinkle with some Toasted Sesame Seeds and serve.