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Yam, Red Date, and Longan Soup for the girls' beauty - it can nourish qi and blood.

Yam, Red Date, and Longan Soup for the girls' beauty - it can nourish qi and blood.

Nourishing beauty soup of Chinese yam, pitted red dates, and longan simmered gently with sugar; mildly sweet, warming, and traditionally believed to replenish qi and blood.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Peel the dried longans and remove the pits from the red dates, then soak them in warm water for half an hour.

  2. 2
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    Peel the yam and cut it into pieces.

  3. 3
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    Add water to the pot, bring it to a boil, then add the Chinese yam and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.

  4. 4
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    Wash the soaked red dates and longans thoroughly and put them into the pot, add white sugar or rock sugar, then reduce to low heat and cook until the yam becomes soft.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Dried longan
    to taste
  • red date
    8 pieces
  • Chinese yam
    2 stick
  • Water
    1500mm

Seasonings

  • White sugar / rock sugar
    to taste