Post Views: 1,151 Water Chestnuts (popularly known as Shingada or Singhara in India), are aquatic tuber plants. They are widely cultivated in India, China, some parts of Africa, Australia and the Pacific Islands. It resembles an actual ‘chestnut’, both in colour and shape but it is not a nut! It is an aquatic fruit that grows underwater, in ponds, lakes and marshes. In India, they are available in green and red colour or a mixture of these 2 colours. The black ones sold by the roadside vendors are boiled variety. These are widely available during the autumn and winter months. The edible part is a large seed that is surrounded…