How to dry water chestnuts

Water chestnut is the fruit of a plant. Generally speaking, water chestnut can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine because it can enhance the body's immunity. If the water chestnuts you bought at home need to be processed, they should be dried before consumption. Water chestnuts have many functions. They can supplement the vitamins and various trace elements needed by the human body, or prevent many other major diseases. But what is the best way to dry water chestnuts?

Yes, but remember to seal it when storing, so it can be kept for a longer time.

1. Introduction to Water Chestnut: Water Chestnut (Trapa bicornis), also known as waist water chestnut, water chestnut, water chestnut, and water chestnut fruit, is the fruit of the annual herbaceous aquatic plant water chestnut. Water chestnuts are sweet, mild, non-toxic, with crispy skin and delicious meat. They can be eaten after steaming or boiling, and can also be made into porridge. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Water chestnuts can nourish the spleen and stomach, strengthen the thighs and knees, and increase strength and qi. Water chestnut powder porridge is beneficial to the gastrointestinal tract and can relieve internal heat. It is beneficial for the elderly to eat it regularly." The ancients believed that eating more water chestnuts can nourish the five internal organs, eliminate all diseases, and make the body lighter. The so-called light body means that it has the effect of losing weight and keeping fit, because water chestnuts do not contain fat that makes people fat. Water chestnuts are rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids, multiple vitamins and trace elements, and have the effects of diuresis, lactation, thirst quenching and alcohol detoxification. Water chestnuts are native to Europe and are most widely cultivated in the Taihu Lake area in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River Delta in China.

2. How to preserve fresh water chestnuts:

1. Water chestnuts with shells can be directly put into a fresh-keeping bag and then refrigerated in the refrigerator. They can be kept fresh for 2-3 days. However, it is recommended to eat it as soon as possible, otherwise the taste of the water chestnuts will be affected.

2. The water chestnuts with shells can also be placed directly in a fresh-keeping box and sealed. They can be kept in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.

3. If you want to extend the shelf life of shelled fresh water chestnuts, you should first put them in a fresh-keeping bag or sealed box, and then put them in the refrigerator.

4. Another method of long-term preservation is to dry the shelled water chestnut meat, which can be used to make porridge.

3. The efficacy of water chestnut:

1. Nourish the spleen and replenish qi: Eating water chestnuts raw has the effect of clearing away summer heat and relieving fever, while eating them cooked has the effect of replenishing qi and strengthening the spleen.

2. Anti-cancer: Water chestnuts can also help "revitalize the spleen, sober up, and relieve stomachache." It is also used in folk remedies to treat cancer. According to modern research data, the alcohol extract of water chestnut has anti-cancer effects.

3. Weight loss: Water chestnuts are diuretic, lactogenic, thirst-quenching, and alcohol-removing. They are mainly used to treat sores and warts, and can also improve health. They are a supplementary food for weight loss.

4. Relieve skin diseases: Water chestnuts can be eaten or used externally to assist in the treatment of various skin diseases such as children's head sores, impetigo on the head and face, skin warts, etc.