The flowers taste better when cooked but can also be fried for storage or dried and used as a thickener in soup. The cooked flower buds, served with butter, taste like green beans or wax beans. The tubers are a good potato substitute.
These flowers are best enjoyed when cooked, offering a unique flavor that can be preserved through frying for long-term storage or drying as a thickening agent in soups.  The buds have a taste similar to green beans or wax beans after cooking. The tubers provide a substitute for potatoes.