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.
The flowers taste better when cooked but can also be fried for preservation or dried and used as a thickener in soup. The cooked flower buds, served with butter, have the flavor of green beans or wax beans. The tubers are a good potato substitute.