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| Type | Tong sui |
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| Place of origin | China |
| Main ingredients | Sweet potatoes, rock candy, ginger |
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| Chinese | 番薯糖水 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | sweet potato sweet water | ||||||||||
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Sweet potato soup is a Chinese dessert from Southern China,and is especially popular in its Cantonese region. [1]
In Cantonese cuisine,it is categorized as a tong sui or sweet soup,hence the Chinese name. The soup is usually thin in texture,but potent in taste. The recipe is simple,consisting of boiling the sweet potato for a long time with rock candy and ginger. Sweet potato is one of the most commonly found and abundant vegetables grown in China. [2] With its simple recipe and large crop supply,sweet potato soup is one of the most accessible and affordable tong sui in the region.
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