Aquatic vegetables are characterized by a class of aquatic cash crops, usually planting vegetables are in the soil, but there are also a lot of water can be eaten can also be planted vegetables, divided into two categories of shallow water and deep water.
Aquatic vegetables are lotus root, wild rice, water chestnuts, water chestnut, cucumber, rhombus, watercress, taro, gorgonians, Brasenia schrebergeri, water spinach, bean sprouts, cattail, Artemisia vulgaris and so on.
1, water chestnut
Water chestnut, also known as the horseshoe, both fruit and vegetables, it is slightly flat in appearance, the skin for the purple-black or dark red, white flesh, full of juice, eat crisp and sweet, refreshing and unctuous, since ancient times, there is a subterranean Snow Pear's reputation.
2, lotus root
Lotus root is the underground stem of the lotus, growing in the silt, is a starch-rich vegetables, lotus root is divided into nine holes, seven holes in two kinds of nine holes of lotus root is also known as the white flower lotus root, lotus root section, long and thin, starch content is low, eat the mouth crispy, suitable for raw, cold or fried lotus root, seven holes of lotus root is also known as the safflower lotus root, starch content is high, soup and make The root of the seven holes, also known as safflower lotus root, has a high starch content and is used to make soup and lotus root powder.
3, Brasenia schreberi
Brasenia schreberi is one of the water fairy in Suzhou, picking time in April to October each year, it is the edible part of the most tender buds and leaves, the back of the young stems and leaves are rich in colloidal proteins, polysaccharides and a variety of amino acids, nutrients are extremely rich.
4, gorgonian
Gorgonian also known as chicken head rice, is the gorgonian seeds within the white seed kernel, in all parts of the water countryside are growing, the fruit surface is smooth without thorns, full of large, peeled out of the cockle rice is like a pearl, eat up soft and sweet.
5, rhombus
Rhombus is also known as the water peanuts, but only just picked green tender rhombus suitable for raw food, cooked to black old rhombus, raw rhombus thin skin and meat, crisp, sweet and refreshing, eaten rhombus sweet and flavorful, meat snow white.