Chinese chestnut
1 Can fresh chestnuts be cooked and eaten?
You can cook it.
Put the chestnuts in the pressure cooker, not too much, just a little water, and slow down 10 minutes or more. It is not delicious to use directly in water, and the nutrients of chestnuts are easy to lose when soaked in water, and the original sweetness will also be lost. Another method is steaming, which is not as delicious as the first method. Try it anyway. Remember to cut a knife on the chestnuts before cooking, so that the chestnuts cooked are beautiful and easy to peel.
Chinese chestnut
2 How to peel chestnuts quickly?
1, before cooking, make a cross opening on the chestnuts with a knife. Chestnuts swell when cooked and peel easily.
2. After cooking with water, pour chestnuts into cold water to soak for 10 for 20 seconds, and then drain. Chestnut skin shrinks when it is cold and is easy to remove. In the same way, you can put it in the refrigerator after cooking, and the frozen chestnuts have a different flavor.
3 Suitable population of chestnut
1, chestnut is not only delicious and attractive, but also has high nutritional value, but different methods are also suitable for people.
2, chestnuts are cooked, suitable for all ages: cooked chestnuts can strengthen the stomach and spleen and relieve spleen deficiency.
3. Steamed and ground chestnut kernels are made into cakes, which are suitable for children with less diet and thin constitution to increase appetite and regulate the stomach. Cooking porridge with chestnut and japonica rice is not only beneficial to the early recovery of patients with chronic diarrhea caused by deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach, but also a dietotherapy remedy for indigestion and deficiency and fatigue of qi in the elderly.
4. Eating chestnuts for pregnant women can not only supplement various trace elements, but also contribute to pelvic development and promote baby's growth and development. When women eat chestnut, they can delay aging and make their skin glow and become bright and tender in the new year. In addition, it can reduce women's type 2 diabetes, which is beneficial to beauty and health.