Dried Water Chestnut Slices Ma Ti 500g Peeled Bulk for Soup and Sweet Dessert Cooking

Dried Water Chestnut Slices, known in Chinese as Ma Ti (马蹄), the dried corm of Eleocharis dulcis. These peeled, sliced and dried water chestnuts are a traditional Chinese culinary ingredient, valued in food culture for their naturally mild sweetness and crisp character when rehydrated. In TCM understanding, water chestnut is considered cooling in nature and sweet in flavor. Commonly simmered in soups, sweet desserts and herbal drinks.

Key Selling Points

• Peeled and sliced water chestnuts, dried for convenient long-simmer cooking
• Botanical source is Eleocharis dulcis, a traditional Chinese aquatic vegetable
• Known in Chinese as Ma Ti (马蹄), a familiar ingredient in Cantonese soups and sweet soups
• Traditionally regarded in TCM as cooling in nature with a sweet flavor
• 500g bulk pack suited for soup, dessert and household culinary use

Quality & Sensory

Typically pale ivory to light tan slices with a firm, dry texture and a faint starchy-sweet aroma. When simmered, they typically soften while retaining a pleasant bite and release a mild, naturally sweet taste into soups and sweet drinks.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Simmer in soups with lean pork, chicken or lotus root
• Cook into sweet soups and desserts with rock sugar and snow fungus
• Add to herbal cooling drinks and cane sugar water
• Use in congee or dessert soups for a mild sweet note

Traditional Uses

In Chinese food tradition, dried water chestnut is a staple in Cantonese slow-cooked soups and sweet soups, often paired with lotus root, snow fungus, lily bulb or sugarcane. In TCM theory it is traditionally associated with clearing internal heat and generating fluids, so it is a common seasonal ingredient in warm-weather soups and cooling drinks. It is also used in festive dessert soups and family-style simmered dishes.

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