The nutrient-rich leaves are boiled like spinach, the tuber cooked like potatoes, and the starch used for making tapioca. Its succulent, fleshy leaves may be eaten uncooked or cooked, and its white, nutty tubers make excellent additions to a meal, especially as a result of they retain their crispness if not cooked too lengthy. They can be eaten uncooked or prepared like potatoes, or added to soups and stews like beans or peas. Wild chufa, which is often referred to as nut grass in English speaking countries, produces small tubers resembling brown shriveled peas.