Sweet and sour lotus root slices is a very popular home-cooked dish with sweet and sour taste and attractive color, and it is easy to make and inexpensive, which is very suitable for daily family consumption. Here's how to make sweet and sour lotus root slices.
Materials Preparation:
1. lotus root
2. flour
3. starch
4. egg
5. salt
6. vinegar
7. sugar
8. onion, ginger, and garlic
9. ketchup
10. light soy sauce
11. cooking wine
12. water starch
Step 1: Prepare Lotus Root
Peel the lotus root and slice it into thin slices of about 2 millimeters in thickness, and soak the slices of lotus root in water after cutting to remove excess starch and impurities.
Step 2: Flour, starch and egg modulation
Mix the flour, starch, egg and salt, and add the right amount of water to make a batter, the consistency of the batter should be moderate, not too thick and not too thin.
Step 3: Fry the Lotus Root Slices
Put the lotus root slices into the batter and mix well with your hands, so that each lotus root slice is coated with a layer of batter. Then fry the lotus root slices in a deep frying pan until golden brown, and drain off the oil.
Step 4: Make Sweet and Sour Sauce
Cut the green onion, ginger and garlic into minced pieces, put them into a pot, add tomato paste, soy sauce, cooking wine, vinegar, sugar and a little bit of water, and then add water starch to thicken the sauce, and cook it until the sweet and sour sauce thickens.
Step 5: Sliced Lotus Roots in Sweet and Sour Sauce Finished
Put the fried lotus root slices into the sweet and sour sauce, stir-fry evenly, so that each piece of lotus root slices are coated with a layer of sweet and sour sauce, and then finally serve on a plate.
Tips:
1. The temperature of the oil for deep-frying the lotus root slices should be moderate, too hot is easy to paste, too low is not easy to cook through.
2. The flavor of sweet and sour sauce should be adjusted according to personal taste, if you like sour can add more vinegar, if you like sweet can add more sugar.
3. Sweet and sour lotus root slices can add some salad oil to make the sweet and sour sauce more smooth.