You all seem to be such proficient chefs. Well here is a place to share some of that cooking knowledge. Or do you have a cooking problem? Ask away. Jams and chutneys go here too.
I have grown it a few years and see nothing particularly interesting about eating the root. It is almost just another turnip type root ball. The shape of the root ball is its main attraction, as a conversation piece. To me it is just another vegetable for variety. I never tried the green leaves in any form. Also the root ball should be eaten when small or it tends to woodiness. Mostly I eat it raw. Cooked it is starchy similar to potatoes. It would probably be a good addition for stews.
you can eat it raw or it is also nice if you cook it in a creamy sauce and serve with potatoes! for the sauce just melt some butter in a pan and add flour, so it clumps up. you then stir in some cream and a bit of water to get the sauce. throw in Kohlrabi sticks and cook it! oh and also add some salt,pepper and nutmeg!
Thank you for your replies. You make think it strange to be growing something I am totally unfamiliar with but flushed by the success of last year's crops, I bought the husband a load of seeds as a little pressie... something to experiment with.. so we now have some pak choi, okra etc coming along nicely.
Cube the khol rabi, boil for 5 minutes, then add to some cubed butternut squash and roast in some oil oil with whole cloves of garlic and some shallots.
It is also lovely in winter stews, or use it as a pie topping for rabbit or turkey pies, just slice very thinly.
It really suits a cream sauce, use with endives and some bacon.
Use it in coleslaw very finely chopped raw.
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....run out of ideas just now - but I really like kohl rabi and use it in lots of things in place of potatoes or turnips.
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spymurph wrote:Thank you for your replies. You make think it strange to be growing something I am totally unfamiliar with but flushed by the success of last year's crops, I bought the husband a load of seeds as a little pressie... something to experiment with.. so we now have some pak choi, okra etc coming along nicely.
Pak Choi is probably my favorite green. I grow is all summer by successive plantings. The flea beetles can seriously damage the leaves, but for some reason they haven't found my address this year.
Okra is another of my favorites, but some years the weather is against me. This year it appears to be doing well. I eat it mostly raw like a stick of celery.
We tried one of these for the first time a couple of weeks back. We stir fried the ball bit in slices and cooked and ate the leaves like spring greens. I was very impressed its 2 veggies in one!
We ate the first one yesterday, pretty much as beangardenin described, both ball and leaves in a stirfry. Very nice. It's so easy to grow that I will certainly keep it on the list. We are growing the okra for the husband, I'm not keen... does anyone else grow stuff they don't like?
Sue
