Water chestnut is good to eat steamed.

The water chestnut is one of the most unique vegetables in winter, its scientific name is water chestnut, there are places that call it: Bodhi Chestnut, water chestnut, taro, etc., is a perennial rooted herbaceous plants, can be done as a fruit to eat, but also can be done as a vegetable to eat, can be used for medicinal purposes, because of the crunchy, refreshing and sweet taste, and therefore has a "underground snow pear

Water chestnut is a kind of starch-rich food, after steaming, the texture is soft, the flavor is very good, and will not destroy any nutrients, so you can steam food; at the same time, water chestnut skin is easy to stained with bacteria, after steaming way to deal with, you can kill water chestnut bacteria contained in water chestnuts, so water chestnut is suitable for steaming food.

How to remove the skin of water chestnut:

The method of removing the skin of water chestnut is to put the water chestnut in a container, pour some salt into it, and then soak it in hot water for 5 minutes, and after soaking, it is easy to remove the skin of water chestnut. Wash two or three times, fresh water chestnuts after washing, soak them in hot water concentrated by Meyahola to ensure that the brine has a certain salinity, with the help of the osmotic pressure of the brine, the water in the water chestnuts will be squeezed out, so that the water content of the water chestnuts is reduced and the water chestnuts withered.

If you use a knife to peel the skin, you should cut the skin on both sides first, then peel the skin, and when you buy it, make sure you buy the shorter Brotto. The shorter it is the softer and sweeter it is and it is easy to peel. Then cut the center and fund first, and finally cut out the bud opening. Peel and wash the water chestnuts and cook them in a pot. It may take a long time. Anyway, the horseshoes have no rice, so cook for 8 minutes, and then take it off.