Usually it takes about 15 minutes to cook small taro, while it takes more than 20 minutes to cook big taro. When cooking taro, pour cold water into the pot, wait for taro to cook for about 15 minutes, and then poke it with chopsticks until it can be poked to the end. Taro cooked in cold water absorbs more water and is softer and more waxy.

Matters needing attention

1 Tips for peeling taro: Put the taro with skin into a small bag (only half a bag), grab the bag mouth with your hands, drop the bag on the concrete floor several times, and then dump the taro, and you will find that the taro skin is completely removed.

2. It is best to wear gloves when cutting and washing taro: the mucus of taro contains a complex compound, which decomposes when it meets heat energy. This substance has a therapeutic effect on the body, but it has a strong stimulating effect on the skin and mucosa. Therefore, when cutting and washing taro, the skin of hands will itch, which can be alleviated by baking on fire, so it is best to wear gloves when cutting and washing taro. Raw taro juice can easily cause local skin allergies, which can be solved by wiping with ginger juice.