Water chestnut grows in water, and parasites are easy to breed in water. Therefore, parasites can easily attach to the skin of water chestnut. If not properly cleaned, it is easy to bring parasites into the body. After water chestnut is cooked at high temperature, parasites will be killed.

Whether the water chestnut is boiled or steamed depends on personal taste.

Steamed horseshoes and boiled horseshoes are two flavors. Steamed horseshoe has higher sweetness, and no other products are needed to increase sweetness, but the taste will be dry, and boiled horseshoe will have more water, but the sugar will be diluted and lost during cooking. So when you choose, just decide according to your personal taste.

3 benefits of steaming water chestnut 1, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels Water chestnut contains a lot of crude protein, starch and dietary fiber. These nutrients can help the intestinal peristalsis, play a role in relaxing bowels, and the coldness of water chestnut after steaming dissipates, which has less damage to the spleen and stomach and better health care value.

2, after losing weight and steaming, it is a dessert. Girls prefer dessert. When eating dessert, they are worried about gaining weight. Steamed water chestnut won't. After eating, it can help to relieve constipation, which is very attractive for people who want to lose weight.

4 How to steam water chestnut materials: water chestnut, brush, steamer.

Method: First, clean the dirt on the surface of water chestnut with a brush, then clean it again after peeling, then put it in a bowl, put a bracket in the pot and put it on for cooking. The cooking time is preferably half an hour to an hour.