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Sweet soup 糖水
Ginger sweet potato soup
番薯糖水faan1 syu4 tong4 seoi2
Traditionally eaten to warm and nourish. Best in cold weather. Ginger and slab sugar are warm; sweet potato is neutral.
Good for traditionally believed to warm the stomach and chase off a chill.
- 10 minprep
- 30 mincook
- 4servings
- One potAutumn, Winter
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Ingredients
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- 1½ quarts1.5 LWater
No pantry items here. Buy the fresh sweet potato and fresh ginger locally or on Weee!.
Method
- Peel the sweet potatoes and cut in chunks. Soak them in water 10 minutes so they keep their shape.
- Boil the ginger in the water for 10 minutes.
- Add the sweet potato and simmer 15 to 20 minutes until tender. Stir in the sugar.
Who should go easy
Go easy with diabetes.
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.
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