This Lotus Root in Tangy Tomato Sauce is a stunning dish where the incredible crispness of lotus root meets a sweet, savory, and slightly tart tomato glaze. It’s a quick, vibrant, and healthy side that pairs perfectly with rice, offering a delightful crunch in every bite. You’ll love this unique and addictive way to enjoy vegetables!
Lotus root is rich in protein, sugars, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and various vitamins, especially vitamin C, making it a nourishing and beautifying food. It can also improve the symptoms of iron deficiency anemia. Its rich tannin content has astringent and vasoconstrictive properties, stopping bleeding. Its plant fiber stimulates the intestines, treats constipation, promotes the excretion of harmful substances, reduces cholesterol and sugar levels, and helps prevent diabetes and hypertension. Lotus
root has the benefits of relieving restlessness, promoting salivation, replenishing blood, and calming the mind. Fresh lotus root juice clears liver heat, moisturizes the skin, and cools the blood to stop bleeding
Fresh lotus root slices in tomato sauce
Ingredients
- 1 section fresh lotus root
- 1 tomato
- 1 pieces ginger
- 2 onion
- 1 tablespoon oil
- salt a little
Instructions
- Peel, wash, and slice the fresh lotus root; wash the tomatoes, cut them into segments, and peel them; mince the ginger; and dice the green onion.
- Heat the pan, add a teaspoon of oil, sauté the minced ginger, then add the tomatoes and stir-fry until they become a paste
- Pour in the lotus root slices, add a little water, and use a spatula to grind the lotus root slices into pulp
- When the soup is thick, add salt and pepper and stir-fry evenly; season to taste
Notes
lotus root; 2. Women with cold dysmenorrhea during menstruation should avoid
eating raw lotus root; 3. People with diabetes should not eat cooked lotus root and lotus root powder;
4. Avoid using iron utensils to cook lotus root.
