Honey, Chilli Lotus Stem. Lotus Stems are certainly exotic from the place I come from. Neither have I ever seen them nor tasted them. I spotted them at first after moving to Finally, I mustered up some courage to buy some lotus stem in the hope that I could give Honey Chilli Lotus Stem a try at home.
Thinly-sliced lotus stems are stir-fried with flavourful sauces, spices and honey to get a sweet and sour delicacy that tickles your taste buds.
Crispy honey lotus stem is a unique dish that is prepared as a starter or a side dish.
Read and follow the step-by-step procedure.
You can have Honey, Chilli Lotus Stem using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Honey, Chilli Lotus Stem
- It's 2 of Medium size lotus stem (clean and wash nicely).
- It's 2 Tablespoon of cornflour.
- You need to taste of Salt according.
- You need of For Sweet and Hot Sauce :.
- It's 1 Teaspoon of oil.
- You need 1 Tablespoon of chopped garlic.
- It's 1 Teaspoon of chopped red chilli or chilli flakes.
- It's 1 Tablespoon of Honey.
- It's 1 Tablespoon of tomato sauce.
- It's 1 Tea spoon of soya sauce.
- It's 1 Tablespoon of roasted sesame seeds.
- You need 1 Teaspoon of oregano.
- It's Pinch of salt.
Honey Chilli Lotus Stems…housekeeping since this is an old post that needed a better picture and a separate post of its own…there is absolutely no other reason for me to put that dreaded H word right up there where it can just sit and stare at me and then guilt me into doing some actual work around the. A delicious snack time recipe, Crispy Lotus Stem in Honey Chilly is a very easy dish to prepare when you cannot think of anything else. Apart from its amazing taste, another great thing about this recipe is that it is a completely vegan dish. It is made with thin lotus stem slices.
Honey, Chilli Lotus Stem instructions
- Take Lotus stem, clean and wash it nicely and cut diagonally into thin and long slices using knife or chips cutter. Keep them in water so that all the dirt from inside is removed.
- Now keep the lotus stem slice on kitchen towel to remove the excess water.
- In a bowl take lotus stem slices, add corn flour and salt and toss them nicely so that the corn flour is coated nicely on lotus stem.
- Take oil in pan for frying. fry lotus stem chips first on high flame and then lower the flame to medium. Fry chips till it turn crispy and brown in colour.
- Once done take them out on kitchen napkin so that extra oil is removed..
- For Sweet and hot Sauce : In a Pan take a teaspoon of oil add chopped garlic to this and saute it. Now add chopped chillies to this.
- Now add oregano, pinch of salt, honey, tomato sauce and soya sauce to this and mix well. Now add lotus stem chips to this and toss till these are nicely coated. At last add roasted sesame seeds and serve it...
- Tips : Try to keep chips as thin as you can for crispiness You can change the quantity of honey, chilli and sauces according to your taste.
Who would have thought lotus stems could be so delightfully appetizing!! A while back, I attended a wedding reception where they served this as a starter. The idea was intriguing but I am not very fond of lotus stems so, very apprehensively I tried this and was amazed at how good it tasted. Lotus stem and honey are a match made in heaven. Dust the sliced lotus stem with corn flour and deep fry.
