Mung bean and water chestnut syrup

Mung bean and water chestnut syrup

Overview

Tang Shui is the general name for Han Chinese dessert snacks in Guangdong and belongs to Cantonese cuisine. There are many types. Basically, some hot ingredients are boiled with water and sugar, which is very refreshing. Water chestnut has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, cooling blood and detoxifying. Added to sugar water, it has a crunchy texture that I believe many people will like.

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Steps

  1. Ingredients for later use.

    Mung bean and water chestnut syrup step 1
  2. After washing the mung beans with clean water, soak them for 2 hours and press them in a pressure cooker for five minutes. While the mung beans are cooking, process the horseshoes: first cut off the top and bottom of the horseshoes with a knife, then use a peeler to peel off the skin of the horseshoes in a circular motion. Finally cut into small dices the size of mung beans.

    Mung bean and water chestnut syrup step 2
  3. Put the cut water chestnuts into the pressure cooker.

    Mung bean and water chestnut syrup step 3
  4. Just cook it for another five minutes.

    Mung bean and water chestnut syrup step 4
  5. After cooking, add red sugar and diced tangerine peel to make it taste richer.

    Mung bean and water chestnut syrup step 5