People in Guangzhou like to drink sugar water all year round. It is considered that syrup made of some medicinal materials, beans, fruits and flour products with sugar has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and benefiting the body.
There are many varieties of sugar water: beans include red bean paste, mung bean paste and plum bean paste; There are sesame paste, almond paste, peanut paste and phoenix milk paste; Medicinal materials include lily syrup, lotus seed syrup and Qingbuliang syrup; There are also stewed eggs, stewed papaya, sweet potato syrup, Ma Rong soup pills, egg milk, ginger milk, candied sago, soybean milk, tofu flower and so on.
After the sugar water is boiled, it is a hot drink; What you drink after freezing is a cold drink, which is often connected with the ice room (a cold drink shop that supplies ice cream, soda, beer, etc.). And the most famous one in Guangzhou is the Taiping Pavilion Ice Room on Beijing Road.
The following are some practices of Guangdong sugar water.
In all kinds of sugar water, flavored fruits are often eaten, which makes the delicious sugar water more colorful and healthier. It is not difficult to find that many fruits and vegetables have high nutritional value, and other medicinal materials, such as apricot, Fritillaria cirrhosa, tremella, and fig, are even more nourishing. In this hot and cold season, it is easy to catch cold and dry skin. If you love health and beauty, you might as well make some healthy and moisturizing sugar water in the season and make it up in time. Healthy body can be described as "at your fingertips"!
Mango, sweet and sour, contains vitamin C, mangnolic acid and so on. , and has the effects of benefiting the stomach, quenching thirst, stopping vomiting and dizziness, and diuresis, especially for those with uniform size, fullness and yellow and white color. Dried mango can detoxify, relieve depression and relieve cough.
Hot food mango coconut juice black glutinous rice: hot food especially warms the stomach, benefiting qi and enriching blood. Mango is sweet and delicious, and when eaten with coconut-rich black glutinous rice, it can nourish blood and warm the stomach. It's delicious. Because mango meat is wet and poisonous, when cooking this syrup, you can dry the boiling water with mango core first, add black glutinous rice after picking it up, and then add mango meat and coconut juice after boiling, which is more healthy and beneficial.
Green apples contain carbohydrates, malic acid, citric acid, carotene, vitamins B and C. Malic acid can stabilize blood sugar and vitamin C can prevent myocarditis. Green apples have the effects of nourishing heart and benefiting qi, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and stopping diarrhea. In addition, green apples can reduce weight, and obese people can eat more apples appropriately, which can reduce the intake of other things and achieve the purpose of losing weight.
Stewed Aloe with Green Apple: Aloe has beauty effect, and it is stewed with Green Apple to moisten and sweet, and also has the effects of nourishing the middle energizer, promoting fluid production and strengthening the stomach, nourishing the skin and keeping in good health, and clearing away liver heat. When you rest, it nourishes your heart and lungs. Because aloe is slightly bitter, friends who are afraid of suffering should put less (2-3 grams).
Stewed apple with fig, apricot in the north and south: The taste of fig is sweet, and with the sweetness of apple, it is naturally mild. Figs have the function of clearing the stomach and intestines, and can also moisten the throat and lungs. Drinking a bowl while it is hot can relieve constipation and eliminate hot air.
Papaya is sweet and flat, and contains papain, chymosin and carotene. Can be used for treating vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, etc. When buying, it is best to be firm and delicious.
Stewed papaya with snow ear in northern Sichuan: Sweet and smooth papaya tastes pleasant, and snow ear is also very refreshing. In addition, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae (3 grams of medicine) has the functions of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, clearing away lung heat and resolving hard mass, which is fresh and delicious.
Stewed papaya Sydney with fresh milk: first boil the fresh milk with sugar, then add papaya Sydney with seeds removed, peeled and cut into large grains, and cook for 30 minutes. Fresh milk+papaya = double whitening effect, plus heart-moistening Sydney, it is really beautiful from the outside to the inside.