Sweet soup 糖水
Almond tea (apricot kernel soup)
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Neutral平
Gentle and balanced. Traditionally fine for most people, any time of year. Sweet southern apricot kernels are neutral.
Good for traditionally believed to moisten the lungs and skin.
- 15 minprep
- 20 mincook
- 4servings
- One potAutumn, Winter
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Ingredients
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- 1 quarts1 LWater
Method
- Soak the kernels and rice for 4 hours.
- Blend with half the water until silky and strain through a fine cloth.
- Heat with the rest of the water and sugar, stirring, until it just thickens. Stir in a beaten egg white if you like.
Who should go easy
Use only sweet (southern) kernels here, never a lot of bitter ones.
Traditional Chinese food therapy, not medical advice. Ask your doctor if you are pregnant, on medication or unwell.
Ingredient natures from Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022). How we judge a soup’s nature.
Watch someone make it
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