How many ways can you cook lotus stem? Ask a Kashmiri

A cousin of mine has standing orders for her vegetable vendor: to get her 2.5kg of lotus stem every Friday. In fact, if someone says “yi chu nadur koot hu”, it means the person is tall and lanky like a lotus stem. The lotus stem is deep-fried and sprinkled with salt and red chilli powder—comfort food is rice, haakh, nadur churma and yogurt. Ayub says the lotus stem is pounded into a mince and cooked with a little oil on a griddle with green chillies or red chilli powder. Gogji Nadur Ingredients 500g turnips 6-inch long lotus stem 2-3 green chillies, broken into two 2 whole dried red chilies 2-3 tbsp mustard oil A pinch of asafoetida Salt to taste Method Scrape and rinse the lotus stem.