Water chestnut can be used as fruit or vegetable. It's good for human body no matter what you eat it. So if you use water chestnut for cooking, do you know how to cook to make delicious food? Today, let's talk about the nutritional value of water chestnut and how to use water chestnut for cooking.
What nutrition value does water chestnut have?
1. Rich in 'phosphorus'
Water chestnut belongs to rhizome plants, but its phosphorus content is the highest among all rhizome vegetables, and it is the best food source to supplement phosphorus. Phosphorus can promote the growth and development of human body and maintain the needs of physiological functions, and it is also very beneficial to human bones and teeth, so it is very suitable for developing children to eat.
2. Rich in 'potassium'
The potassium element contained in water chestnut is also quite considerable. Each 100g of water chestnut (edible part) contains 450 mg of potassium, which is several times higher than that of winter melon and honey peach. Therefore, water chestnut has the functions of promoting body fluid, relieving thirst, diuresis and swelling, and to a certain extent, it can help patients with high blood pressure to reduce blood pressure.
3. It contains water chestnut which is good for people
It has been found that "chufa Ying" contained in water chestnut is an effective anti-cancer and detumescence ingredient, which can inhibit the reproduction of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, aerobacterium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; the most important is its anti-cancer effect, which can actively prevent and treat cancer tumors in esophagus, lung, nasopharynx and breast.
4. Other nutritional values
Chufa is rich in starch, but its heat is very low. 100 chufa contains a quarter of the same bowl of rice. Water chestnut is very rich in water, which can produce body fluid and quench thirst. It also contains a variety of vitamins needed by human body, such as vitamin A, B2, C, and calcium, magnesium and other minerals.
How to make water chestnut delicious?
1. Cold water chestnut
Peel and wash the prepared water chestnut for use; add some water to the pot and boil it, then pour in orange juice, sugar and white vinegar, preferably pour in water chestnut and boil it, boil it for about 3 minutes, then turn off the fire; prepare other fruits, wash them and cut them into pieces and put them into containers for use; Take out the water chestnut which has been cooled in the pot and put it into the vessel with fruit, then add some water chestnut, stir evenly and then eat it. If you like jam, you can add blueberry jam to taste, which is a unique cold dish.
2. Sugar cane and water chestnut soup
Ingredients: 300g sugarcane, 200g horseshoe, right amount of dates.
Methods: wash red dates for standby; wash water chestnuts for standby after peeling (or cut into small pieces); peel sugarcane for standby; put sugarcane, water chestnuts and red dates into the pot, add some water to boil for more than 1 hour and turn off the fire. Finally, it is served in a bowl, and can be eaten after the soup is cooled.
Although the edible value of water chestnut is high, it should not be eaten more, especially raw water chestnut, which may cause abdominal pain and diarrhea.