Wax gourd tea(dong gua cha )

Wax gourd tea

Introduction:

"Wax gourd tea is made of wax gourd and sugar as raw materials, after a long time of slow cooking. It has been a popular cool summer drink since ancient times. Wax gourd tea has the effect of clearing away heat and toxin, clearing liver and improving eyesight. The raw materials are easy to use and the price is flat. It is very popular among the people, and it is also very easy to make at home. Some recipes like to add longan, licorice and other traditional Chinese Medicine, and the effect is also very good. When you have time, make a can and put it in the refrigerator. When you want to drink, scoop out a few spoons of water, add some ice, or add lemon, coconut, pearl and other materials to make a comprehensive tea drink, not to mention how pleasant it is! "

Production steps:

Step 1: prepare the materials;

Step 2: wash the rind of wax gourd, keep the rind, pulp and seed, cut them into small pieces, the rind, pulp and seed are good things, don't remove them;

Step 3: put brown sugar into white gourd diced;

Step 4: stir evenly and let stand for more than half an hour;

Step 5: wax gourd will produce a lot of water after pickling, so it doesn't need to be boiled;

Step 6: put in the rock sugar and salt to cook together, don't be afraid that the rock sugar is too big, absolutely melt after 2 hours;

Step 7: boil over high heat, turn to the minimum heat for 2 hours, using the method of slow boiling over low heat;

Step 8: after 2 hours, the wax gourd will rot when it is touched. Keep it cool;

Step 9: squeeze out the water in the wax gourd dregs with gauze or filter screen and bottle it. This is a concentrated product and needs to be mixed with water;

Step 10: white gourd tea mixed with water.

Materials required:

Wax gourd: 1kg

Brown sugar: 300g

Rock sugar: 100g

Salt: 1 pinch

Precautions: 1. There is a layer of white powder on the skin of wax gourd, which can't be washed out with water. You can use a knife to gently scrape it out and then clean it; 2. A pinch of salt can increase the flavor of wax gourd tea, just pinch it with your hand; 3. When filtering wax gourd, I used a filter screen first, and then used gauze to filter it again. I still feel that I didn't completely wring out the juice. In order to avoid waste, I poured the cold water into the winter Soak in the dregs and then filter out to drink, there is still a strong taste of wax gourd; 4, wax gourd tea concentrate into the refrigerator for more than ten days, no problem, but it is recommended to drink as soon as possible.

Production difficulty: simple

Process: boiling

Production time: several hours

Taste: sweet

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