In Hubei, on the occasion of New Year's festivals or celebrations, the three main characters of E cuisine balls, lotus root folder, patty cake fish are in charge of other dishes or leftovers, and lotus root folder is absolutely swept away by the wind. Lotus root folder, the traditional Eji flavor, has long been famous.

The lotus root has air holes, 7 holes, 9 holes or 11 holes, by which people attached to eat lotus root to open the heart, love to eat lotus root people "heart more than than a dry hole", smart. The invention of lotus root folder, folk that is based on this. A chef's son of the nature of simple, meat-loving aversion to vegetarian, even the lotus root does not eat, the chef will be in two pieces of lotus root meat, outside the batter, deep-fried in the frying pan crispy yellow bright eyes, the son never get tired of eating, and then really smart, studying, in the Cao Cai. In this way, the lotus root folder in the four townships spread.

The lotus root folder is not expensive, but in the early years of the family often eat it not many. Practice is not difficult: choose meat can not be too fat, can not be too thin, chopping board on the chopping board wife smacks machine stranded does not smell, would rather hand chopped, two knives, up and down, clanging, clanging, knife flashes, meat rotten as mud, and then mixed with onions, ginger, salt and sugar. Lotus root, peeled, washed and sliced, not too thick and not too thin, and then the puree is sandwiched between two slices of lotus root, pinched tightly, and stacked on top of each other in a bamboo basket. White flour, mixed into a paste, sprinkled with green onions, ginger and salt, knocked two eggs and stirred, the lotus root folder into the frying pan before rolling in the pulp to dress it, so that the fried lotus root folder "bubble", not only fragrant pine, but also yellow good-looking.

Roots and meat are a perfect match. Lotus root and meat eaten separately, but is the flavor of lotus root slices and meatballs, will be wrapped in the two together is different. After a double dance in the waves of oil, they penetrate each other, meat and vegetarian mingling, become you have me, I have you, this is the fire reborn this is the quality of the change, the flavor of the sublimation, a new food was born. Several different ingredients, combined together, become a masterpiece of color and flavor, the mystery of Chinese cooking is here.