A CLOSER LOOK
How to recognize it
A starch ingredient used as dry powder for coating, rather than pieces of fresh lotus root.
In the kitchen
Applied in successive layers around a sweet filling, with brief blanching between layers to make lotus-starch balls.
Lotus-root starch should not be replaced in the ingredient identity by fresh lotus root plus an unspecified starch.
Ask about this ingredient
这道菜里有藕粉吗？
Does this dish contain Lotus-root starch?
A few dishes to explore
These examples use this ingredient in typical or optional preparations. Open the dish to see the distinction; a restaurant’s recipe can differ.
