kohlrabi plants in the soil

What food would you prepare now that you have these 2 kohlrabi bulbs in your hands and any other ingredients you want available?

I’ve never eaten it before, so I’d enjoy hearing some ideas.

  • trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    8·
    6 days ago

    My mum prepares them like this (when not eaten raw):

    1. Remove the woody skin of the bulb. You rather want to cut off too much than too little, because biting on one of those woody parts is really not nice.

    2. Cut into the shape of large french fries.

    3. Cook them in a small pot with just enough water to cover them, and a little bit of salt, some vegetable stock and optionally nutmeg thrown in as well. Lid on.

    4. Wait however long you want to wait. If you like a bit of bite, then shorter of course. But they’re also gorgeous when they’re tender.

    5. Thicken the remaining sauce. The kohlrabi gives off a really nice taste into the sauce, so you don’t want to drain the cooking water.

    Because we’re German, this was then served as the side-dish to the most boring food imaginable (noodles and probably some meat).
    I think it would go much better with rice. Well, and I’d go with soy chunks as the protein, but that’s personal preference.

    I also think caraway works really well with kohlrabi. And I could definitely see a spicy variant with some chili added into the sauce. Well, or a mustard sauce, of course:

    Illustration of how the wild mustard plant was turned into broccoli, brussel sprouts, kohlrabi, cauliflower, cabbage and kale through artificial selection.

  • Big_Boss_77@fedinsfw.appEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    Slice them real fine, mandolin works great for this, then pan fry them with a bit of butter…bonus points if you have pancetta or bacon

  • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    Cut em up and eat em raw. I don’t even need salt or anything else. Raw kohlrabi is just so damn tasty with a really lovely bite to it

  • rhythmisaprancer@quokk.auEnglish
    6·
    6 days ago

    Another vote for the raw eating. I think they are great as a chip/crisp/cracker of sorts, even plain, but you can pair them with a dipping sauce if you want. Use them in place of or in addition to tomatoes on something like a sandwich. Sliced longly (julienned?) in a salad or a rice bowl.

    They do roast well, too, like cauliflower. You can do a quick acid soak like cucumber salad bit it has to sit longer.

  • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    A spicy slaw for fish tacos or shredded with potato and cheese and cooked like fritters.

  • Skunk [any]@lemmy.zip
    4·
    6 days ago

    you can eat them raw like carrot sticks

    Or cook with potatoes and carrots and mash it all one of my kids favorite food. I like it unmashed with sauce and something fried along yum!

  • LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml
    5·
    6 days ago

    only ever had them raw I think. It wouldn’t even occur to me to cook with them, but now I kinda want to try that.

    • trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      6 days ago

      Hmm, smoked tofu probably also works well with them, although you probably want to add that at the end, lest you want your whole soup to taste smokey. 🙃

  • zeroclue@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    6 days ago

    I remember a dish from my childhood with cooked Kohlrabi, I think it was some kind of stew with meat and potatoes. They are pretty good cooked, but I prefer them raw as well. Fresh from the garden - nothing better. Maybe garden radish.

  • kugel7c@feddit.org
    2·
    6 days ago

    Cut them into sticks ~1x1xN cm , fry in olive oil, salt and pepper, make or add pesto and pasta water. Mix with pasta and Enjoy.

    Green pesto much preferred for this one. It’s simple and fast but also imo a nice flavour combo. Try some sticks raw to see if you like them, for me they are among the better snack veggies.