Water chestnut, the scientific name of water chestnut, belongs to the genus water chestnut of Cyperaceae, also known as water chestnut. Eleocharis tuberosa of Cyperaceae is a shallow perennial herb with bulbs as vegetables. In ancient times, it was called Fuzi, commonly known as horseshoe, also called chestnut, which was named after its shape like horseshoe and chestnut. Native to India, mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Shui Ze.
Horseshoe skin is purple-black, meat is white, and it tastes sweet and juicy, crisp and delicious. Since ancient times, it has been called "underground Sydney", and northerners regard it as "Jiangnan Ginseng". It can be eaten raw as fruits and vegetables. Bulbs are rich in starch and are delicious when eaten raw, cooked or extracted. It is also used in medicine.
How to eat horseshoes
1, hawthorn horseshoe juice
Ingredients: hawthorn 10, proper amount of sugar, fresh horseshoe 10.
Practice: Wash the hawthorn, peel and wash the fresh horseshoes, squeeze them into juice and pour them into the cup. Add sugar to the juice of hawthorn and horseshoe, and stir well to serve.
2. Stir-fry four treasures
Ingredients: carrot, water chestnut, black fungus, Dutch bean.
Practice: Peel horseshoes, cut carrots, cut black fungus and Dutch beans for later use. Pour the oil into the pot. When the oil is hot, put the carrots in the pot and stir-fry until fragrant. Add water chestnut, black fungus and Dutch beans and stir fry. Finally, add a proper amount of salt and chicken essence, and serve.
3. Wax gourd Ma Tilu
Ingredients: wax gourd 100g, 3 horseshoes, a little yellow rock sugar and a proper amount of brown sugar.
Practice: Wash the melon after peeling, cut it into thin slices, and keep the melon skin and seeds. Put the wax gourd into the pot and add water to boil for about 30 minutes. Add yellow rock sugar and brown sugar and continue to cook for 20 minutes. Take out the wax gourd slices, peel the horseshoe, cut into dices, and boil in the pot for 3 minutes.
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