Sweet soup 糖水
Ching bo leung sweet soup
清補涼糖水cing1 bou2 loeng4 tong4 seoi2
Gentle and balanced. Traditionally fine for most people, any time of year. Lotus seeds, yam, yuzhu and dates are neutral; coix seed, lily bulb and kelp lean cool, and longan pulls back warm.
Good for The sweet version of the famous “clear, tonify, cool” mix: traditionally believed to cool you down without wearing you out.
- 30 minprep
- 1 hcook
- 6servings
- One potSummer, Autumn
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Ingredients
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- 2 quarts2 LWater
Method
- Rinse everything. Soak the coix seed, lotus seeds and herbs for 30 minutes. Soak the kelp and cut it in strips.
- Bring the water to a boil, add everything except the kelp, longan and sugar, then simmer covered for 45 minutes.
- Add the kelp, longan and rock sugar and simmer 15 minutes more. Serve hot, or chill it.
Who should go easy
Contains raw coix seed, so skip it in pregnancy. Kelp is high in iodine.
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), Me & Qi herb database. How we judge a soup’s nature.
Recipe checked against SBS 中文: 清燥之選 清補涼糖水, Wok and Kin: Ching bo leung (清補涼).
