Fried lotus root balls

Overview

Fried lotus root balls and fried tofu balls are traditional Hubei dishes. They can be cooked alone or used as a sautee when boiling soup, bean curd and noodles.

Tags

• vegetarian dishes
• home cooking
• old man
• autumn recipes
• banquet dishes
• lunch
• flour
• lotus root
• msg
• minced pork
• onions
• ginger
• pepper
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Choose old lotus roots with low water content and large size, wash, peel and mince them with a knife (or use a blender).

   

2. 2 Chop ginger and green onions

   

3. 3 Pour the minced lotus root, minced ginger, minced green onion and minced pork into a large bowl, then add an appropriate amount of salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper and a small amount of flour (to increase adhesion and facilitate rolling)

   

4. 4 Stir evenly and roll into balls

   

5. 5 Heat the oil over medium-high heat. When the oil boils, add the dumplings

   

6. 6 Fry until the surface is golden brown and scoop it up (turn it over during the frying process, and control the heat to medium-low in the later stages)

   

7. 7 The preparation of tofu balls is very similar. You choose old tofu that controls the dryness of water. The seasoning is the same as that of lotus root balls, except that you need more minced meat, replace the flour with a very small amount of starch, and add a small amount of minced lotus root or water chestnuts.

   

8. 8 Plating shape

   

9. 9 Finished product

   

10. 10 Finished product

    

11. 11 You can use the soup (when the soup is almost cooked, add the dumplings), or add it to the soup or boiled shredded beans (a specialty of Hubei, available at my Taobao store, called Yunmeng County Chenchen Fish Noodle Shop) to make the sauce.,