Sweet soup 糖水
Yuba, ginkgo and barley sweet soup
腐竹白果薏米糖水fu6 zuk1 baak6 gwo2 ji3 mai5 tong4 seoi2
Gentle and balanced. Traditionally fine for most people, any time of year. Yuba and ginkgo are neutral; coix seed is slightly cold.
Good for traditionally believed to moisten the lungs and keep skin clear.
- 15 minprep
- 1 h 30 mincook
- 6servings
- One potAll year
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Ingredients
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- 2 quarts2 LWater
Method
- Soak the coix seed for 1 hour. Remove the green germ from the ginkgo.
- Simmer the coix seed for 40 minutes.
- Break in the yuba and add the ginkgo; simmer 30 minutes until the yuba melts.
- Stir in the sugar. Drizzle in beaten egg if you like.
Who should go easy
Ginkgo is mildly toxic in excess: keep to about 10 nuts per adult, fewer for kids. Avoid in pregnancy (raw coix seed).
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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