How to wash taro

Taro is a very common food in daily life and also a food with certain nutritional value. Eating a moderate amount of taro can greatly promote human health. However, cooking taro is actually quite troublesome, especially when cleaning taro, you need to master certain methods. Next, I will introduce to you how to clean and peel taro!

1. Tips for peeling taro 1: Boiling water

Boil a pot of water in advance, wash the purchased taro, remove the dirt and impurities, and put it directly into the boiling water to boil for a while. After taking it out, put it in cold water to cool. You can easily peel it with a knife by gently scratching it. You don’t have to worry about the taro juice causing skin itching.

2. Tips for peeling taro 2: Steaming

Wash the taro and steam or boil it directly until cooked. The cooked taro will not cause itching of the skin and you can peel off the skin directly with your hands. However, the peeled taro can only be eaten as a staple food. If it is processed into dishes, it will be difficult to absorb the flavor and the taste will be poor.

3. Tips for peeling taro 3: Friction

Put a lot of taro in a bag, but not too full. Pick up the bag and shake it up and down to make the taro in the bag rub against each other to remove the skin.

4. Tips for peeling taro 4: Rinse with water

Peel the raw taro directly with your hands and a steel wool under running water. Most of the taro juice will flow away with the running water, and very little will remain on your hands. The effect of causing skin itching is not very strong, so it is not a big problem.

5. Tips for peeling taro 5: Rub with steel wool

Put the taro in water, wash it, take it out and use a steel wool to slowly grind off the skin of the taro.

6. It is best to wear gloves when peeling taro

When peeling taro, you can wear plastic gloves so that the mucus of the taro cannot directly contact the skin of your hands and cause skin itching.

Taro peel contains a highly alkaline mucus called alkaline oxalate, which is a strong irritant to the skin. The saponins contained in taro peel also cause skin itching, which is why taro can cause itchy hands.

In addition, very small amounts of saponins enter the blood. Saponins have a hemolytic effect, which can cause the decomposition of red blood cells, disintegrate blood cells and lose their ability to coagulate. But there is no need to worry too much. Saponin will not cause food poisoning because it can be destroyed by gastric juice and will also be destroyed by heat.