2. Wash the washed wax gourd, remove the moisture on the surface, cut it into cubes, put it into a clean basin, add the prepared brown sugar blocks, stir them evenly with clean chopsticks, then apply plastic wrap on the mouth of the basin, then put it in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours to let the brown sugar inside melt, and take it out after the wax gourd inside becomes soft and takes it out of the pot.
How to make winter melon tea in Taiwan Province Province?
3. Prepare a clean non-stick pan, pour the pickled wax gourd and the water inside into the non-stick pan, heat and boil, then turn off the fire and continue to cook for two hours. In the process of cooking, stir constantly with chopsticks or spoons to avoid sticking to the bottom of the pot. You can also press the wax gourd block in the pot with a spatula during the stirring process, so that the juice inside can precipitate into the water as soon as possible.
4. The cooked winter fruit will become translucent, indicating that its pulp has been completely softened. Crushing with a spatula, taking out and filtering with clean gauze, and concentrating the obtained soup in the pot again. After concentrating into thick paste, turn off the fire, take it out and put it in a clean glass bottle. At this time, the homemade winter melon tea in Taiwan Province Province is ready, and it can be brewed directly with boiling water when necessary.