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Type | Tong sui |
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Place of origin | China |
Main ingredients | Sweet potatoes, rock candy, ginger |
Sweet potato soup | |||||||||||
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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 found in Southern China and Hong Kong. [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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Tong sui,also known as tim tong,is a collective term for any sweet soup or custard served as a dessert typically at the end of a meal in Chinese cuisine. Tong sui originated in the Lingnan region of China,including Guangdong,Guangxi,Hainan,Hong Kong,Macau,and some parts of other provinces in China. Therefore,in the narrow sense,the term tong sui is used to refer to soupy desserts from Lingnan,while occasionally it is also used in the broad sense,referring to any soupy dessert in Chinese-speaking regions.
Tangyuan are a traditional Chinese dessert made of glutinous rice shaped into balls that are served in a hot broth or syrup. They come in varying sizes,anything between a marble to a ping pong ball,and are sometimes stuffed with filling. Tangyuan are traditionally eaten during the Lantern Festival,but because the name is a homophone for union and symbolizes togetherness and completeness,this dish is also served at weddings,family reunions,Chinese New Year,and the Dōngzhìfestival.
Hasma is a Chinese and widely Central Asian dessert ingredient made from the dried fatty tissue found near the fallopian tubes of true frogs,typically the Asiatic grass frog. Because of its whitish appearance,hasma is often called "snow frog fat". Hasma is relatively expensive,so it is reserved for special occasions and in high-end restaurants.
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Fijian cuisine has long-consisted of primarily foraged and farm-grown food. Although rice,wheat,and tea all became staples during Fiji's colonial era,native Fijians still eat primarily tubers and coconuts. The cuisine of Fiji is known for its seafood and various green vegetables,including ''ota'',a young forest fern,and ''bele'',a plant that resembles spinach.
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Bua loi or bua loy is a Thai dessert. It consists of rice flour rolled into small balls,and cooked in coconut milk and sugar. Some Bua loi also adds sweet egg into the recipe. It was inspired by Tangyuan,a Chinese dessert that is traditionally eaten around the Lantern festival. Bua Loi also traditionally eats at the Dongzhi Festival in Thailand,which is festival for the Chinese-Thai bloodline. There are a variety of versions of Bua loi such as using food coloring instead of natural color,using soy milk instead of Coconut cream,sliced Pumpkin to add inside rice balls,et cetera. There's other type of Bua loi in other country from China,Japan,Indonesia,Myanmar,Philippines,and Southern Vietnam. 1 cup of Bua Loy has total calories of 295.5 kilocalories,protein of 10.4 grams,carbohydrate of 6.3 grams,and fat of 25 grams.