About this dish

          Sliced lotus root with sweet sauce is a traditional entree from southern part of Yangtze River in China. Due to the humid and warm weather, the area is perfect for growing lotus. This dish is one of the must haves on local people’s desk. As an entree, the sliced lotus root is stuffed with sticky rice then boiled and soaked with sweet sauce made from brown sugar. Finally decorated with osmanthus flower, which is also a very good-smelling tiny flower used a lot by local people in the kitchen to add special scent into dishes. Because the taste is sweet, it can be served as dessert as well.

        I was so surprised when I noticed that our school greenhouse has an osmanthus tree because I never see this plant in the U.S. It made me feel nostalgic once I smelled it. And I found that there is no place selling this dish. I am in some extent inspired by this class. So I decided to make by myself and record by camera as my final project as well as introduce my hometown cuisine to everyone.

 

 

 

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Bon appetit!