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Writing Challenge: Lotus-root Sandwich

Posted by Expector Smith on January 13, 2015

Delicious dishes really add flavour to holidays, or rather, no holiday is complete without enjoying the mouth-watering food. Food is part of holidays.

I'm not really a foodie, but I do cook and enjoy food, especially during the holiday season. It's said that you'll enjoy eating what you usually ate when you were a child. I entirely agree with that. I'll cook what I usually ate when I was young. One of my favorites is this dish: Lotus-root Sandwich (I'm not sure it's the proper English name for the dish) - the flavour of home. It reminds me of my grandma wheneven I have it - somehow I still can't make it as delicious as what my grandma made. 

Ingredients

  • lotus root
  • meat (whatever you like) 
  • flour
  • seasoning (salt, sauce, vinegar, etc)

Directions

  1. Slice the lotus root to make lotus-root slices
  2. Cut and mash the meat
  3. Mix the mashed meat with some seasoning to make "meat stuffing"
  4. Blend the flour with water to make paste
  5. Put the meat stuffing between two lotus-root slices
  6. Immerse the sandwich lotus-root slices in the paste
  7. Fry the paste-covered lotus-root slices until golden brown 

Does it sound delicious and easy to cook? I hope so. The recipe can be modified, though. You could add some other seasoning instead of those mentioned above. You can also roast the lotus-root slices rather than fry them. Do you think you could call this dish a pie or a pasty or anything else? 

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  • Expector Smith March 16, 2015 23:33

    @nida

    Thanks for the nice comment!

  • nida March 16, 2015 21:06

    Lotus roots are very tasty! We also eat fresh lotus root seeds but we don't cook them.

    We make different kinds of snacks from them. We add them to different kinds of curries and also cook them with many types of vegetables. You know, once I believed that only we in the whole world knew lotus roots were edible but then on the tv I saw Japanese eating them. Now I know Chinese also eat them. This is really great.

    Thank you for sharing the above recipe.

  • Expector Smith January 15, 2015 12:18

    @Ehab

    Then why not try to cook it yourself. Thanks!

  • Ehab Nassif January 15, 2015 9:59
    It looks delicious and easy to eat . Thank you
  • Expector Smith January 14, 2015 13:02

    @Kevin

    Thanks for the comment. Yes, you can cook the lotus root in different ways.  Try to write a blog about the lotus-root soup. 

    @afro

    I know the lotus is the national flower of your country. The lotus is so beautiful. I never heard people eat lotus' stems, though. Sorry you don't eat the lotus root. 

  • bet January 14, 2015 6:57

    Here some people eat lotus's or water Lillie's thin stems (twigs) and fruits. And, we adore water Lilly to tuck in our hair..but did not hear about root to eat...water Lilly is our national flower.

  • Kevin liu January 14, 2015 6:13

    here are more than 10 kinds of manners do dish with lotus-roots in chinese dish, i cant correctly describe it in english, like lotus-roots pig bone soup...

  • Expector Smith January 13, 2015 23:09

    @leon
    Thanks for the comment. I just reedit this blog - I took the photo after I cooked the dish.

  • Leon January 13, 2015 14:15

    WOW is feel good

  • Expector Smith January 8, 2015 12:27

    @Luci

    The lotus root grows in the soil of the bottom of the pond. In winter when the lotus flower disappears, people dry up the pond and dig the lotus roots out of the soil. I wonder who first found lotus roots were edible!

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