The easiest way to peel water chestnuts

Water chestnuts bought from the market must be washed with water. Because there is a lot of dirt on the surface, if you peel it without cleaning it, it will easily contaminate the pulp inside, so it is best to wash it. After washing it with clean water, add edible salt and soak it for a few minutes to remove the bacteria on its surface. Edible salt has the effect of sterilization and disinfection, so bacteria will not be easily eaten after cleaning.

After washing it, you can peel it. When peeling water chestnuts, do you cut them directly with a knife? But this is inconvenient and can easily hurt your hands. In fact, there is a particularly simple method. You can remove the head and tail of the water chestnut first. When removing, be sure to clean off the young shoots and remaining roots as well. There is no need to use a knife to peel it. We found a peeler at home and just peeled it in a circle from the middle. Using this method can preserve the fruit pulp to the greatest extent, and it is faster, and the peeled water chestnuts are more beautiful.

Although water chestnuts taste relatively sweet, they may contain Fasciola ginger, so it is best to boil them in sugar water and drink them. Water chestnuts cooked at high temperatures will be safer to eat. If you want to boil it into sugar water, it is actually very convenient. You only need to find a casserole, cut the peeled water chestnuts into small pieces, put them in, and then add rock sugar and red dates. After simmering for about fifteen minutes, the water with nutritious sugar will be almost ready to drink. You can use it to make soup or sugar water according to your own preference. If you don’t want to drink sugar water, you can also put some ribs or other meat in it and cook it together.