Errr I don't know the name of this drink/sweet soup (tong shui) but if you can read Chinese, check on the packet below. Nowadays the Chinese Medicine Hall tends to prepack their herbs readily for buyers' convenient. I just bought this packet without asking for its name, silly me!
This packet of drink consisted of the following:
Suet Yee (White Fungus)
Pak Hup (Lily Bulb, Mandarin is Bai He)
Yuk Chuk (Mandarin is YuZhu)
Dried Longan (Mandarin is Longyanrou)
Lin Chi (dried lotus seeds, Mandarin is LianZi)
Candied Ginseng (Mandarin is Renshen)
All I did was dump in all the ingredients into a pot of water (use more as it will dry up as you boil along, however, if you think the ingredients ratio is too much as compared with water after boiling for 2 hours, add in hot water bit by bit to your desired amount) and simmer on low heat for about 2 hours. Sweetened with brown rock sugar to taste towards the end.
Kinda like the usual Pak Nien Hoe Hup but this one have candied ginseng which is the first time I came across this item. This candied ginseng did lend a hint of ginseng flavour in this drink.
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hey babe... the chinese characters are just 2 characters for "tong shui" ;p haha so much for hoping to find out the name eh? but i'm guessing this is a variation of leng chee kang or ching po leung...
ReplyDeleteI missed this alot..! we can't buy it here.. unfortunately.. :(
ReplyDeleteI'm too lazy to peel the lin chi. If only they have this pack here too! so convenient.
ReplyDeletejun, ya ka?? cheh!!! hahahaha but this one nice la got a hint of ginseng
ReplyDeletepoor thing mamabok. can order online or not?
daphne, soak the lin chi with hot water then it's easier to peel. anyway sometimes i opt not to peel them, no harm too just that the soup is not clear in colour
i'm always contemplating to try out the prepacks. somehow feel like want to 'chap yok' myself, end up did not do so lol
ReplyDeleterokh, yeah but a bit troublesome hehe
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