Water chestnut is a fruit, but it is also a vegetable.
The taste of water chestnut is sweet and delicious, after washing, it can be eaten as a fruit, it tastes a little bit like pear, and the texture is a little bit like the snow lotus fruit, which is very delicious. And water chestnut contains some starch, can also be eaten as a dish, after cooking the texture crisp, taste like cold potatoes; cooking time to extend some, the texture will become soft, the taste are sweet and delicious, so can be used as a vegetable, but also as a fruit.
2 Is water chestnut a root or a stem
Water chestnut is a metamorphic stem.
The edible part of water chestnut belongs to the stem, but it is the kind of metamorphosis expanding, starch-rich stem. The root of water chestnut is some root whiskers extending under the edible part of water chestnut.
3 Water chestnut can be eaten raw
Water chestnut can be eaten raw.
The main ingredient in water chestnut is water, and it also contains some carbohydrates, of which the content of starch, lipid, protein and fiber are not high, the digestive difficulty and burden is very small, and it is possible to eat it raw, and it is better digested compared to other starch-rich foods.
4 Can you eat the skin of water chestnut
The skin of water chestnut is not edible.
The main components of water chestnut skin are water, cellulose, lignin, protein, tight structure, hard texture, cellulose and lignin wrapped with protein, so it is difficult to chew completely when chewing, it is the stomach acid and the protein in the water chestnut skin combined, and then digested and absorbed. And water chestnut skin texture is hard, it is easy to be eating process affects the esophagus and digestive tract health.
There is no doubt that water chestnuts are a great deal of fun.