Water chestnut tastes sweet and cold. Rich in starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron, water chestnut, protein, fat, thiamine, nicotinic acid, carotene, vitamins and other nutrients. These nutrients can be supplemented whether eaten raw or cooked, but water chestnut grows in the mud.

The effect of raw water chestnut is similar to that of cooked water chestnut.

Water chestnut is cold, and has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, relaxing bowels, clearing away lung heat, resolving phlegm, lowering blood pressure, relieving stranguria and diuresis. Whether eaten raw or cooked, it will not affect the nutritional components. Moderate consumption can bring the above benefits, but eating water chestnut raw is easy to get Jiang Ye's disease, so it is recommended to eat it raw.

There is no clear data on the probability of parasitic infection in raw water chestnut.

At present, there is no specific data on the infection rate of raw water chestnut, but water chestnut grows in paddy soil, and parasites or bacteria may be attached to its skin and inside. If it is not cleaned when eaten raw, it is easy to get infected with parasites, such as ginger fasciitis. If this parasite enters the intestine to survive and reproduce, it will cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, malnutrition, digestive dysfunction and albumin deficiency of various vitamins. It may also cause diarrhea and constipation to appear alternately, and even intestinal obstruction; For seriously infected children, there may be emaciation, anemia, edema, ascites, mental retardation, developmental disorders and other hazards.

The best way to eat water chestnut is 1. Roasted water chestnut tastes sweeter after being heated at high temperature, but roasted water chestnut can not only keep its crisp and sweet taste, but also enhance the fruit taste of water chestnut and kill it at the same time.

1, you can wash the bought water first, and then peel the water chestnut with a peeler.

2. There are some deep depressions or places that are not easy to peel off. Scoop them out with the tip of a knife, then wash them thoroughly and drain them.

3. Wrap the horseshoe in tin foil, put it in a preheated oven, fire it up and down at 200 degrees, bake it for 35 minutes, and then heat it in the oven for 5- 10 minutes.

2. Stewed water chestnut soup: boiling water chestnut in water or other soup for 5- 10 minutes can also kill parasites, bacteria and other harmful substances. The soup is fresh, sweet, crisp and nutritious, which is beneficial to gastrointestinal absorption. Please refer to the following practices for specific recipes:

Horseshoe meatball soup

Ingredients: water chestnut 500g, lean meat 500g, carrot 1 root, onion, ginger, coriander 15g, pepper, sugar, cooking wine and salt.

Exercise:

1. Water chestnut is washed, peeled and cut into small pieces for later use; Cut carrots into small pieces the size of water chestnut.

2, lean meat stuffing and water according to the ratio of 2: 1, add minced onion and ginger, pepper, salt, sugar and cooking wine to make the reinforced meat stuffing.

3. Boil a pot of boiling water, add water chestnuts and diced carrots to boil.

4. Make the meat stuffing into meatballs, put them in the pot, and continue to cook for 5 minutes after all the meatballs float.

5. Finally, add coriander, salt and pepper to taste.

Horseshoe lily soup

Ingredients: 200g water chestnut, 2 fresh lilies, and proper amount of honey.

working methods

1, water chestnut peeled, fresh lily broken and washed.

2. Put the water chestnut into the boiling water pot and cook for 10 minutes.

3. Boil the lily for 2 minutes (the lily is good to cook, fresh and delicious), and add some honey when drinking.