- Mmm….Not so much
Well, this is kind of a bummer to write. Because I love lotus roots, and I normally love frozen Indian food products. But, nevertheless, steer clear of frozen lotus.
It doesn’t retain its crispness, and, even worse, it turns a really unappetizing gray color as it thaws. Ick.
I think it’s a shame they don’t sell lotus in the same way they sell things like water chesnuts or bamboo shoots — in a can. If they did, I think the roots would retain their texture – and maybe their color – a little better.
In the meantime, you have three choices if you are hankerin’ for lotus:
1. Get on a plane and fly to India.
2. Go to a grocery store, buy lotus root and begin the painstaking task of peeling them just enough to get the tough outer skin off, but not so much that you peel away half the root.
3. Give up.
I generally go with method #2, but since starting grad school, I have very little time and have started having to give up some of the “good things” in life. Unfortunately, lotus roots are going to fall in this category, unless someone can tell me where I can eat a lotus root curry in Washington DC.
Hopefully my next Indian Grocer Expedition will yield better results.
Hey you are back!
I dont tend to trust the frozen indian veggies.. for one thing, I feel they may have been in there for years, thawed and refrozen over again! Another thing is they tend to be soggy.
At least in NJ you can buy the actual lotus roots, but where I am we hardly get any fresh Indian vegetables. Bummer.
I wonder if they have these at the Chinese grocery?
Hmm… that’s a good question. I should look the next time I’m near one…