Lotus stem or Kamal kakdi, is (most of the times wrongly called as lotus root) very popular vegetable in India

This lotus stem is loaded with full of micro and macro nutrients and has some tremendous health benefits

The nutritional value of lotus stem is pretty impressive. It is rich in calcium, iron, fiber and many important minerals like zinc, manganese, magnesium, potassium, copper, etc. It is also loaded with Vitamin B, Vitamin E, vitamin K etc.

Here is brief Nutrition profile in this vegetable:

100 grams of lotus stem contains

• Energy ~74 CALORIES ONLY.                                          
• 17 grams of CARBOHYDRATES                  
• 2.5 grams of PROTEIN                
• 0.39 mg of ZINC
• 0.261 mg of POTASSIUM
•  0.1 grams of FAT
• 1.16 mg of IRON
• 5 grams of FIBER 
• 40 mg of SODIUM
• 44 mg of VITAMIN C  
• 0.25 mg COPPER
• 23 mg of MAGNESIUM 
• 556 mg of POTASSIUM