Horseshoe is the common name for water chestnut, which can be eaten as a vegetable or as a fruit.

Horseshoe, scientific name water chestnut, Salix family water chestnut genus, also known as water chestnut. Water chestnut genus of Salix family shallow watery persistent herb, to bulb as a vegetable to eat. Anciently known as mallard (mallards), commonly known as horseshoes, also known as ground chestnut, because it is shaped like a horseshoe, but also like chestnuts and named. Native to India, in our country is mainly distributed in Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi water and swampy areas.

Horseshoe skin color purple and black, white flesh, sweet and juicy taste, crisp and delicious, since ancient times, "underground Snow Pear" reputation, northern people regarded as "Jiangnan ginseng". Both can do fruit to eat raw, and can do vegetables to eat. Bulb rich in starch, for raw food, cooked food or extract starch, sweet taste; also for medicinal purposes.

Horseshoe eating

1, hawthorn horseshoe juice

Materials: hawthorn 10, sugar, fresh horseshoe 10.

Practice: hawthorn remove the core and wash, fresh horseshoes peeled and washed, squeeze juice together, pour into a cup. Add sugar to the hawthorn and horseshoe juice, stir well and drink.

2, fried vegetarian four treasures

Materials: carrots, water chestnuts, hydrated black fungus, Dutch beans.

Practice: Peel the horseshoes, carrots cut into slices, black fungus and Dutch beans also cut into slices and put aside. Pour oil into the pan, when the oil is hot, put the carrots into the pan and stir fry the flavor, then put the hoof, black fungus, Dutch beans and stir fry. Finally, add the appropriate amount of salt, chicken essence, plate can be served.

3, winter melon horseshoe dew

Materials: 100 grams of winter melon, horseshoe 3, yellow rock sugar and brown sugar a small amount.

Practice: winter melon peeled and washed, cut into thin slices, winter melon skin and seeds are retained. Put the winter melon in a pot with water and simmer for about 30 minutes. Add yellow rock sugar and brown sugar and continue to simmer for 20 minutes. Fish out the slices of winter melon, peel the horseshoes and cut into small dices, also pour into the pot to boil for 3 minutes.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Water Chestnut