How to cook water chestnuts and how to eat them

Water chestnuts, lotus roots and lotus seeds are all foods obtained from lotus ponds, and are known as the three treasures of lotus ponds. Water chestnuts have a unique crisp taste, and many people like to eat them, but they don’t know how to cook them better. Apart from boiling them, they are not familiar with other ways to cook water chestnuts. Below we will share the recipes for water chestnuts.

How to cook water chestnuts

1. A complete guide to cooking water chestnuts: water chestnut and sweet potato porridge

Step 1: Soak the glutinous rice overnight, wash and cut the sweet potatoes into pieces

Step 2: After washing the water chestnuts thoroughly, peel them and set aside.

Step 3: Dice the water chestnuts and put them into the pot at the same time.

Step 4: Put glutinous rice into the pot, add enough water and bring to a boil.

Step 5: When the porridge and other ingredients are half cooked, add some sweet potato cubes into the porridge.

Step 6: Add the prepared cornmeal juice and use a spoon to mix the cornmeal and porridge together.

Step 7: Cook slowly over low heat until all ingredients are soft, then add some sugar for seasoning.

2. Water chestnut recipes - water chestnut cooked with tofu

Step 1: Remove the shell of the water chestnuts, wash them and drain them.

Step 2: Choose 100 grams of pork belly, cut the meat into slices, and marinate it with cooking wine.

Step 3: Coat the water chestnuts with steamed pork with rice flour, Lao Gan Ma and fermented bean curd and mix thoroughly.

Step 4: Add some steamed pork powder on the meat, then put in the water chestnuts and coat them thoroughly.

Step 5: Put the water chestnuts in a large bowl, cover with tofu and meat, and steam them in a pressure cooker.