Recently, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and when you go out for a little exercise and shopping, you will sweat and dry your mouth. I bought a glass of grape juice in the store at noon today, and the result was not only not quenching my thirst, but also sticky in my mouth after drinking.
At this time, I especially miss my own boiled sour plum soup, sweet and sour, appetizing and thirst-quenching, a cup of belly, and cool from the inside out.
Sour plum soup is a very old summer drink in China, and the "Tugong plum frying" recorded in ancient books is one of the oldest sour plum soups. Around the time of the Qing Dynasty, sour plum soup was passed from the court to the people, and since then it has been deeply loved by the common people.
When I was a child, there were not so many types of drinks on the market now, the most common drink in the summer was sour plum soup, sometimes cooked at home, sometimes bought from a roadside stall, then there were not so many food additives, sour plum soup is real boiled, the taste is very authentic.
Whether the taste of sour plum soup is authentic can be judged from the following four aspects:
First, look at the raw materials. In general, the more natural the ingredients, the healthier the sour plum soup, the more authentic the taste, if the ingredients are written on a lot of unintelligible chemical terms, it is mostly mixed with food additives.
Second, know the process. The traditional sour plum soup is boiled, and the materials such as ume, black jujube, hawthorn, licorice and other materials are boiled in water for a long time, which is not only pure in taste, but also rich in nutrition. Under the modern process, many sour plum soups are blended with various materials.
Third, look at the color. The sour plum soup boiled by the traditional process is darker in color, while the color of the sour plum soup that is blended is generally lighter.
Fourth, taste the Tao. The taste of authentic sour plum soup, the taste is three-dimensional, the entrance is sour, and then taste is sweet, fine aftertaste, back to the sour, but still accompanied by a hint of sweetness, the taste is plump and long. The sour plum soup that passes through blending is either too sour in taste, or the taste is a little sweet, and the entrance is jerky.
If you're worried about not being able to choose an authentic sour plum soup, you can try my recipe and recipe for cooking sour plum soup. I dare not say that the taste is the most authentic, but fortunately, the ingredients are original, and the taste is better than most of the sour plum soup sold outside.
Let's take a look at the detailed recipes and recipes!
【Ingredients required】
Wumei 25g, jujube 30g, orange peel 7g, rose ash 6g, hawthorn 8g, licorice 4g, yellow rock sugar 120g, water 4-5 kg, osmanthus to taste.
【Detailed steps】
1. First prepare the required ingredients, 25g of wumei, 30g of black dates, 7g of orange peel, 6g of rose ash, 8g of hawthorn, 4g of licorice.
2. Pack all 6 ingredients into a gauze bag, then tie the mouth tightly to prevent the ingredients from running out when cooking, and then add water to clean.
3. Put the packed materials in the pot, boil the sour plum soup can use casseroles, stainless steel pots, it is best not to use an iron pot, this ratio can cook 4-5 kg of water, like the taste of a little stronger to add 4 kg of water, like the taste of a little lighter add 5 kg of water.
4. Do not open the fire after the water is added, soak for 2 hours, so that the taste of the ingredients can be better released, and the soaked water will become red.
5. Cover and bring to a boil on high heat, then turn to the lowest heat and slowly simmer for 30 minutes.
6. When it's time to turn off the heat, add 120g of yellow rock sugar, stir it, let the rock sugar melt quickly, and then let it dry to room temperature.
7. After the sour plum soup is cooled, the material package is clipped out, and then an appropriate amount of osmanthus flowers is added and stirred, so that the sour and sweet, appetizing and thirst-quenching sour plum soup is ready.
The sour plum soup in this way has a very pure and refreshing taste, the taste is sour with sweetness, sweet and sour, and it is endlessly evocative to drink into the mouth. When the day is a little hotter, the sour plum soup is accompanied by a little ice cube or refrigerated before drinking, which is more cool and cool. A cup of belly, no heat at all.
If you are worried about the same trouble of buying ingredients, I have carefully selected a sour plum soup ingredient package for everyone, personally cooked, the ingredients and taste are very authentic.
There are 5 bags in one part, each one is real material, the proportion is also well matched, after buying home, when you want to drink, wash it and cook it directly.
A pack can boil four or five pounds of water, enough for the whole family to drink for a day, better than the drinks bought, and a pack of less than 7 yuan, healthy and affordable.
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