Exercise:
1, water chestnut washed, peeled and cut into small pieces.
2. Add half water (350g) into water caltrop powder and stir evenly until it is in a particle-free state.
3. Take the other half of the water and add rock sugar, and heat and stir until it is completely melted.
4. Pour the sliced water chestnut into rock sugar water and heat it for a while.
5. It is best to quickly pour the boiled water chestnut syrup into the stirred water chestnut powder slurry and quickly stir it into a semi-cooked slurry.
6. Pour into the mold, smooth the surface, steam in the pot for about 30 minutes, and cut into pieces after steaming.
7. It is better to pour a little osmanthus syrup when eating.
6 How to eat water chestnut It is best to eat it raw and cooked, each with its own advantages.
1. Eating water chestnut raw has refreshing taste, high nutritional value and sweet taste, but there may be a risk of parasitic infection. In addition, it is cold and cold, and the texture is heavier. For young children and people with poor gastrointestinal digestive function, diarrhea and other discomfort symptoms are prone to occur after eating.
2, cooked food will lose some nutrients, but after cooking, its nature is milder, more friendly to human gastrointestinal digestion, easy to absorb and digest.
What are the benefits of eating water chestnut? 1, clearing heat and reducing fire. Water chestnut tastes sweet and cold. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Eating water chestnut can help clear away heat toxin and deficiency fire in the body, promote metabolism, accelerate the decomposition and metabolism of toxins in the body, and thus relieve sore throat caused by excessive internal heat.
2. Eliminating phlegm and relieving cough is sweet and cold, and it is rich in nutrients such as water, vitamins and trace elements. Eating water chestnut can replenish water for the body, dilute sputum, moisten lungs, dilate trachea and promote sputum discharge. It has certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on cough and expectoration caused by lung heat or lung dryness.
3, thirst quenching water chestnut is sweet and delicious, containing a lot of water. Eating water chestnut can replenish water for the body. Water chestnut pulp also contains more mucus, which can promote saliva secretion after eating and play a role in promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Regular consumption helps to improve symptoms such as dry mouth and dry throat. In addition, for thermal toxicity,
4. Water chestnut pulp contains more water, which can moisten the intestines and relieve constipation after eating and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. In addition, the dietary fiber in water chestnut can promote the generation and discharge of stool in human body, keep the intestinal tract unobstructed, and relieve the dryness and constipation of stool to some extent.