   
 
|
|
Home
>
Photo Album
>
Water Chestnuts
Water
Chestnuts
|
Water Chestnuts
|
|
|
|
|
The Chinese water chestnut, more often called simply
the water chestnut, but not to be confused with the
unrelated water caltrop which also goes by that
name, is a grass-like sedge grown for its edible
corms. It has tube-shaped, leafless green stems that
grow to about 1.5 metres high.
The Chinese water chestnut is native to China and is
widely cultivated in flooded paddy fields in
southern China and parts of the Philippines.
The small, rounded corms have a crispy white flesh
and can be eaten raw, slightly boiled, grilled,
pickled, or tinned. They are a popular ingredient in
Western-style Chinese dishes. In China, they are
most often eaten raw, sometimes sweetened. They can
also be ground into a flour which is used especially
to make fried cakes called matigao.
The corms are rich in carbohydrates (about 90% by
dry weight), especially starch (about 60% by dry
weight), and are also a good source of dietary
fiber, riboflavin, vitamin B6, potassium, copper,
and manganese.
Water Chestnuts
 |
Get ready to
cook Chinese food?
Click here to see
500+ Real and Healthy Chinese Food Recipes
in 5 minutes! Plus 200+ cooking
tips and 170+ colorful pictures.
|
"500+ Healthy Chinese Recipes in 5 minutes"
|
|
Nicholas Zhou's
cookbook "Real & Healthy Chinese Cooking" -
500+ low carb and low fat recipes with 170+ colorful pictures.
Based on a master chef's 40 years of cooking practice and 4 years of writing
and research, it has helped over 12,800 people worldwide improve
their health. All the secret copy cat recipes in ONE cookbook.
Click here to read the whole story that reveals how
ANYONE can cook delicious Chinese food and improve their health... in less than 20
minutes. | |
Related
Links:
Chinese Food & Chinese
Cuisine
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
