Do you know how to peel water chestnuts?

Water chestnut is an aquatic plant that grows in water. It has high nutritional value and is rich in vitamins, protein and unsaturated fatty acids. Water chestnuts are cool foods and taste a bit sweet. However, although water chestnuts are delicious, they are very difficult to peel. You need to choose the appropriate tools to eat delicious water chestnuts. Especially in summer, eating water chestnuts is very helpful in quenching thirst and promoting diuresis. Learn in detail how to peel water chestnuts.

1. First, prepare the water chestnuts and tools. Wash, cook and cool the picked or bought water chestnuts. Then take out the magic tool for peeling water chestnuts - needle-nosed pliers. It is best to disinfect before use, and it is necessary to pay attention to hygiene.

2. Now take out a water chestnut and find the navel of the water chestnut. Yes, it is the position within the circle in the picture, in the middle of the two corners, a slightly protruding position. At this time, a small opening will be made at the navel of the water chestnut. Put down the needle-nosed pliers, grab a corner with each hand, follow the opened edge, and use the edge to break the water chestnut into two halves. If you think your teeth are good enough, you can bite it in half with your teeth.

3. If you bite it carefully, you may be able to bite out the whole water chestnut rice if it is tender, but if it is older, it will all be crushed. Now the magic tool for peeling water chestnuts comes in handy. Use the middle part of the needle-nosed pliers (remember, you must use the middle part, so that the force area will be larger, using the tip will easily crush the outer shell), clamp the middle corner of half of the water chestnut, press down gently, then you will see that the water chestnut is a little loose

Okay, continue with the top, then move forward a little (in the opposite direction of the tip of the water chestnut), clamp it again, and squeeze it gently. In this way, clamp it forward one or two times, and the entire water chestnut rice will fall off automatically. How about it, is it easier to handle water chestnuts after listening to what I said?