Water Chestnut
Shaoxing produce one four corners water chestnut, claim "carry on the back, give a piggyback pale", it is thick with the meat, tender, and can't famous for at the whole province, with the good to revitalize by water chestnut at the lake south, two maos water chestnuts, Hangzhou water chestnut, pool bright pinks last water chestnut blue and green Xing (state at the lake of today) Wu, called six major water chestnuts kind of Zhejiang. Carry on the back and carry white to can pluck will it be the end August, old water chestnut in September, pluck next month, can pluck until Frost's Descent.
The tender water chestnut generally does fruits to eat, tender and juicy, old water chestnut familiar to shell the food, it is glutinous, sweet like the chestnut. Can relieve summer heat and quench one's thirst to eat while growing, benefit that the prepared food can invigorate the spleen. Water chestnut can as cooked food, Dun of water chestnut meat bean curd is Shaoxing diet famous dish, tender water chestnut meat cook the wild rice stem, young soya bean meat, it is a in season delicacy, can also cut slice, it is worthy of entering the meat & vegetables to stir-fry and eat, fragrant delicious, familiar water chestnut meat available sesame oil, soy sauce, a little wine mix and stir and become the big drunk water chestnut too, it is best to go well with wine, the flavor is unique. Water chestnut meat about to suck 24% starch, 50 tough water chestnut can make 4 of starch about generally, water chestnut powder quality detailed and smooth, good merchantable brand of starch, suitable for used in cold drink ice cream, the ice cream and detailed cake most. The nutrition of the water chestnut is very abundant, include minerals such as starch, protein, glucose, fat, many kinds of vitamins, carotene and calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc., its nutrient component can match in excellence or beauty with other hard fruits.
Source: travelchinaguide.com
Editor: Wang Moyan
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