How to peel off the shell of water chestnut

Hulling method of water chestnut: cut a knife at the top and bottom of water chestnut, pry it open along the edge with a screwdriver to completely remove the pulp.

Water chestnut, also known as water chestnut, water chestnut, water chestnut and so on. It is the fruit of an annual aquatic plant water chestnut. The skin of water chestnut is crispy and fragrant. You can eat it after cooking, or you can cook porridge. Water chestnut is rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and trace elements. Has the effects of promoting diuresis, promoting lactation, quenching thirst and relieving alcoholism. Sweet, cool and non-toxic.

Morphological characteristics of water chestnut;

Water chestnut, also called water chestnut. The two horns are diamonds, shaped like horns. Triangle and four corners are cockroaches. Growing in a lake. Horseshoe grows most easily when it falls in mud. There are Yeling and Jialing, both born in March, which have been passed down for a long time. The leaves floating on the water are flat, sharp and very smooth, and there are stems below. Small white flowers bloom in May and June, open at night, close during the day and move with the month.

There are several kinds of fruits: hornless, double-angled, triangular and four-angled. There are thorns on the corners, which are thin and brittle and grow on the corners. Aquatic plants. Annual floating or semi-erect aquatic plants.

Root type II: wire-shaped, embedded in sediment, assimilated roots, pinnately split, filiform lobes, light green or dark reddish brown. The stem is cylindrical, slender or stubby. Leaf type 2: floating leaves alternate and gather at the tip of the stem, forming a rosette diamond on the water surface.