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Sweet soup 糖水
Walnut sweet soup
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Traditionally eaten to warm and nourish. Best in cold weather. Walnuts are warm.
Good for traditionally believed to warm the kidneys and ease a dry, wheezy cough.
- 15 minprep
- 15 mincook
- 4servings
- One potWinter
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Ingredients
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- 1 quarts1 LWater
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Method
- Toast the walnuts at 160°C / 320°F for 10 minutes. Soak the rice 1 hour.
- Blend the walnuts and rice with half the water until very smooth, then strain.
- Cook with the rest of the water and sugar, stirring, until lightly thick. Stir in coconut milk if you like.
Who should go easy
Skip with loose stools or a nut allergy.
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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