water chestnut is also called horseshoe, water chestnut, black taro, Bodhisattva, etc. it has purple and black skin color, white meat, sweet and juicy, crisp and delicious. It can be eaten raw fruit and vegetables. The bulb is rich in starch, which is used for raw food, cooked food or extracted starch, with sweet taste; It is also used for medicine, appetizing and detoxifying, eliminating overnight food, strengthening the intestines and stomach, and has high nutritional and medicinal value. So is water chestnut a turtle or a vegetable? What part can water chestnut eat? This article will tell you whether water chestnuts are fruits or vegetables. Let's have a look.
Is water chestnut a fruit or a vegetable
Water chestnuts can be eaten as fruit. They are sweet, crisp and delicious. They can also be used for cooking. It can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as cooking, soup, porridge, etc. it can also be eaten raw, with a crisp taste. It can be said that it is both fruit and vegetable. If it should be strictly divided, it should belong to aquatic vegetables.
Aquatic vegetable refers to a vegetable grown and cultivated in fresh water. Such as lotus root, water bamboo, water chestnut, arrowhead, water chestnut, Euryale ferox, water celery, Ulva, cattail, watercress, water taro and water spinach, among which lotus root, water bamboo, water chestnut and water celery are the most common. It can be divided into deep water and shallow water. Lotus root, water chestnut and Ulva are suitable for deep water, while water bamboo, water celery, arrowhead and water chestnut are suitable for shallow water.
Aquatic vegetables are mostly listed in the off-season of winter, spring and autumn, which can supplement the supply of vegetable market and enrich vegetable varieties. Moreover, most aquatic vegetables are resistant to storage and transportation and can be supplied for most of the year. Therefore, planting aquatic vegetables can obtain better economic benefits. Aquatic vegetables are basically health food, especially in today's cities with excess nutrition, eating aquatic vegetable products can help consumers prevent 'wealth diseases' such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
What part does water chestnut eat
Water chestnuts eat swollen stems.
Water chestnut is an underground stolon of water chestnut plant, with an expanded bulb at the apex, a slender stolon rhizome, tubers at the top of the stolon rhizome, and common leaf water chestnut. There are many ways to do it. It is a good choice to fry vegetables or cook soup.