What are the methods of water chestnut
Sihaiwang: many people like to eat water chestnut. It's crisp and sweet. It can not only be used as a snack, but also as a vegetable. It's very popular among men, women, old and young. What's the advantage of eating water chestnut? What's the effect of water chestnut? Let's take you to know.
Water chestnut (English Name: water chestnut, scientific name: Eleocharis dulcis), also known as horseshoe, chestnut, peony, teal, black taro, Bodhisattva and pear, belongs to the monocotyledonous Cyperaceae, which is a perennial herb with flat and round root, sharp top, smooth and glossy surface, purple red or black brown, growing in the pond. The dark green stems on the ground are clustered, and the underground bulbs are edible. Because it is shaped like a horseshoe, people also call it a horseshoe. Its appearance is like chestnut, not only in shape, but also in sexual taste, composition and function. It is also called "chestnut" because it is produced in mud.
Water chestnut has purple black skin, white meat, sweet and juicy taste, crisp and delicious. It has the reputation of "underground pear". The northern people call it "Jiangnan ginseng". It can be eaten raw fruits and vegetables. It is a popular seasonal product.
The nutrition of water chestnut is rich. According to the analysis, every 100g fresh bulb contains 0.8-1.5g protein, 12.9-21.8g carbohydrate, 0.3g fat, 0.3g crude fiber, 0.8g ash, 4mg calcium, 45mg phosphorus, 0.8mg iron, and a small amount of carotene and vitamin C.
The phosphorus contained in water chestnut is higher in rhizome vegetables, which can promote the growth and development of human body and maintain the physiological function. It is good for the development of teeth and bones. It can also promote the metabolism of sugar, fat and protein, regulate the acid-base balance, so water chestnut is suitable for children to eat.
I. functions and functions of water chestnut:
1. Promote growth and development
This effect of water chestnut, many people should not know very well, but in fact, water chestnut can help promote development. Water chestnut is rich in nutrients, which can promote growth and development and metabolism of sugar, fat and protein. Therefore, children can eat more water chestnut!
2. lower blood pressure
It has a certain effect on lowering blood pressure and preventing and treating cancer.
3. Bowel movement and defecation
It has the functions of moistening the lung, resolving phlegm and promoting the production of fluid. The starch and crude protein can promote the peristalsis of large intestine, and the crude fat can increase the effect of moistening intestine and defecating.
4. Eliminate heat and poison
Water chestnut is a cold food with good effect of clearing heat and reducing fire. It can not only clear away heat and promote fluid production, but also supplement nutrition. It is most suitable for patients with fever. It has the functions of cooling blood and detoxifying, diuresis and defecation, removing dampness and phlegm, eliminating food and swelling, etc.
5. Antihypertensive and disease prevention
In the study of water chestnut in the UK, a kind of heat-resistant antibacterial component water chestnut was found. This substance has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, bacilli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and also has a certain effect on reducing blood pressure. It can also prevent and treat cancer in the lungs, esophagus and breast. Water chestnut also has the function of preventing acute infectious diseases. In the spring when measles and epidemic meningitis are easy to occur, water chestnut is a good disease prevention food.
Water chestnut has white and juicy meat and sweet taste. It's a kind of vegetable, which can make many good dishes. Then, how to eat water chestnut? Let's take a look at five simple methods of water chestnut.
II. Practice of water chestnut
1. Water chestnut and pear soup
Material: water chestnut 30g, Sydney 100g
Seasoning: Iced sugar
Method: wash water chestnut, peel and cut into pieces, wash Sydney and cut into pieces with skin, then put them into the pot together, add sugar, cover the lid, boil in high heat, boil in low heat for 15 minutes.
Efficacy: water chestnut and Sydney are both juicy and lung moistening foods. Water chestnut and Sydney soup can cure cough and clear lung heat.
2. Water chestnut porridge
Materials: 100g of rice and 100g of water chestnut
Seasoning: proper amount of crystal sugar
Method: clean the water chestnut, peel and cut into pieces, wash the rice, put it into the pot to cook porridge, add water chestnut and sugar when the porridge is fast cooked, and then cook it. Or press the water chestnut juice, wait until the porridge is cooked, pour it into the porridge together with sugar, and then boil it once or twice.
Efficacy: chufa porridge has the effect of clearing away heat and phlegm, eliminating food, promoting body fluid and relieving thirst. People with cough and phlegm, deficiency of lung heat and Yin, and thirsty can take one dose every day, which can relieve the symptoms very well.
3. Jellyfish and water chestnut soup
Materials: water chestnut 100g, jellyfish 50g
Method: wash water chestnut, peel and slice, clean jellyfish skin, put them into pot together, add water and boil into soup.
Efficacy: the decoction can nourish yin, moisten lung, clear heat and dissipate phlegm.
4. Water chestnut lion head
Materials: 5 water chestnuts, 1 egg, 50g vegetable heart, 300g thin stuffing
Seasoning: starch, cooking wine, monosodium glutamate, ginger powder, scallion powder, raw powder, sugar, soy sauce, appropriate amount of salt
Methods: wash and peel the water chestnut, grind it to the size of rice grain, put it in a bowl together with the meat stuffing, pour in cooking wine, starch, chopped green onion and ginger, monosodium glutamate, salt, put in the eggs, mix them evenly, and knead them into meatballs; heat the oil pot, put meatballs, fry them until both sides are yellowish, add cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, add some water, cover and heat for 15 minutes. Put the cabbage on the bottom of the plate, then put the lion's head on the cabbage and pour the soup.
5. Danggui water chestnut and job's tears rice porridge
Materials: water chestnut 30g, job's tears 100g, angelica 15g
Methods: wash water chestnut, peel and cut into pieces, wash job's tears, slice angelica and put it into a pot, fry with water for half an hour, remove dregs and take juice, add Job's tears and water chestnut, cook porridge, and then add honey to eat after porridge is cooked.
Efficacy: Angelica can promote blood circulation, water chestnut can clear away heat and detoxify, job's tears can promote dampness. This diet therapy has the functions of promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, clearing heat and detoxification, strengthening spleen and promoting dampness, and can enhance human immunity.
III. precautions
1. Water chestnut grows in the wet soil and may attach many parasites and bacteria. Therefore, water chestnut should not be eaten raw. It must be cleaned before eating.
2. Water chestnut tastes sweet, and it also contains some sugar. Diabetic patients can't eat too much.
3. Water chestnut is cold in nature. Therefore, it is not suitable for those with deficiency of spleen and stomach, blood and months during menstruation.