Tiger Nuts
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Tiger nuts, or Chufa or Earth Almond is an easy growing grass that forms edible nut like tubers underground with a sweet nutty flavour. similiar to cocunt or almond. Traditionally used as the main ingredient in Horchata, a spanish drink with is made up of soaked and ground tiger nuts, water and cinnamon, but is also great as a snack or added to dishes where nuts are required.
Genus: Cyperus esculentus
Aspect: Full Sun/Part shade
Type: Perennial
Hardiness: Tender (overwinter tubers protected from frost)
Height: 0.5 metres
Spread: 0.2metres
