Ummm, Kashmiris favourite, yes. We do make chips/pakoras out of these - dipped in a spiced thin rice batter, and fried. Yours look much healthier!

Though I am guilty enough of indulging in fried foods, there really aren’t any vegetables that you can’t replicate in the oven rather than in three inches of oil in a skillet. You can just see the crunch in these beauties.

Your photos are too good. The idea of making them into chips is nice. I make roasted makhane, never tried the roots.

I have made chips like these by frying, but baking sounds terrific. Their naturally cute shape makes them just great for garnishes!

That pic looks awesome! Looks like a train ready to embark its journey (minus the train bogey )

They look gorgeous. The snaps are stunning as usual.

looks delicious. haven’t tried lotus root yet.!

Don’t they look picture perfect. Even Anthony Bourdain loves them. I love the lotus root pickle. Will have to request Anita for the recipe.

Do canned lotus roots work too? Coz I dont find fresh ones here.. Also, thanks for the microwave photo.. I understand what you meant by that comment u left in my plantain chips post!

canned will work great. infact, you can skip the boiling/microwaving bit, methinks. - b.

Beautiful recipe bee. Nice idea of baking them. Viji

You make me crave chips! These are lovely and I saw them the the other day at my organic store. I think I will get these for our weekend family movie session!

Yum! I don’t think we’d have any left for garnish if I made these.

Tried pickling these? Lotus roots are delicious pickled.

What a healthy recipe and I like the photo..the first one. Thanks J and B…will give it a shot

This looks so yummy.There is a local asian joint called Teapot that makes a crunchy/chewy appetizer with lotus root and this looks and sounds similiar… yumm.

Lotus roots are aliens to me !! never used it before, but definitely looks interesting :-)

Have always looked at them in the supermarket and have come away not knowing what to do with them. Now, I know. And I will try. :-)

Any tips on what to do with dried lotus root, Bee? I dont get fresh ones (or I’d be making your gorgeous chips before you could say “bake”) but I do have some dried.

maybe a swoosh in 3 inches of oil in a skillet? not sure, ‘cos i haven’t tried them dried. - b.

very interesting recipe to make chips… do they have sticky glue? i am asking u this coz i can see some white glue thing in that last pic.

maya. illusion. :-D the older ones have a lot of fibre. that’s what you probably see. - b.

They look way too pretty to eat! How could you bear to destroy them by eating them ? I have always been apprehensive about buying lotus root, so thanks for all the tips and directions given here.

bhein chips look so crunchy have u tried making parsnip chips this way? it shud work, right, they r my fav

yeah, i’ve made parsnip chips, but thick, chunky ones. those are wonderful - b.

This another veggie I have never eaten along with Arbi.They do look crunchy:))

Hi!
Lotus root!!! you know this is the first time I am hearing this name.. and the nutritional chart is very informative!!

I’ve never had these before….the only time I came close to a Lotus was in a swamp.
Don’t ask me what I was doing there.

Fantastic — another delicious way with lotus roots! They really *look* great too

Ditto to all the adjectives used in previous comments.
Is this labelled as lotus root in Chinese stores? I’m grabbing an agarbatti and heading to Ranch 99.

re: Trupti, first the snow now the swamp: her life is way more exciting than mine!

yeah, it’s called lotus root. - b.

My lotus root pack is still sitting in freezer, somehow I didn’t like the taste and texture of the roots. I am going to try these chips, I am sure I would love any chips :).

Have never had lotus roots before, if you insist can give it a try

maybe you should try it with mustard oil ;-)
-jai

Gorgeoous! My extent of tasting these has been limited to store bought mixed pickles! I have seen bags of these frozen in the Indian grocery store. Gotta get it next time (yeah, and make the chips!)

These look so good. I have never seen a lotus root personally(much less tried it),only through pictures like you have posted.I would really love to try this.and those chips would look so good to garnish biriyani/pulao with!

great idea for a guily free snack!!

Those have got to be the prettiest chips around.

Now that looks interesting! Never tried this but maybe I should .

WOW they look so nice. I once saw a recipe in Linda’s blog(I think Iam not wrong) with lotus roots. I wanted to do that and hunted for the fresh ones but I couldn’t find them ,so I went for the freezer ones. I still did not have time to do that and have completely forgotten them. Going to try try them tonight .. and thanks

I just plain microwave them, but these look prettier!

read your post, susan. thanks for the link. i do think they taste better and a tad more complex than potato chips. - b.

also provides more fiber for us ageing folks ;-) –jai

Bee, that’s such a great idea. I always think of lotus root as something to put in soups. Oven baked chips is a great idea. Thanks!

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Hi J & B, this lotus root chips are indeed tasty, though i made it a tad too spicy.. Ofcourse, it would go very well with Thayir Saadam.. Thanks. And i came across people eating lotus root, for the first time in your blog. Now, i can snack these happily.:yes: Forget potato chips!
Thanks

Bee, I just made this and were intended for MBP… I thnk maybe you should start a flickr pool.. I will have so many of your recipe pics posted. simply loved them , only addition made was garlic powder and they were awesome, none left for K , so baking again!! Loved the recipe and thanks for sharing it with us.