Everyone always has their favorite food when they are young, and even when they grow up, they can't forget it.
And what remains in the depths of my memory is a glass of papaya water.
When I was a child, my parents didn't have time, and they were all carried by my grandparents. In the summer, my grandmother would always take me for a walk around the streets because there were stalls selling papaya water. A small cup of jelly-like papaya water, sweet and cool, accompanied me throughout the summer of my childhood.
So, what is papaya water?
Papaya water is actually ice powder that is now known to everyone. It is called papaya water, but the ingredient is not the papaya from the fruit shop, nor the acid papaya used by the Dai or Thai people for cooking, but the seed of a plant called pseudo-acid pulp, which is called papaya seed in Yunnan.
Papaya seeds
In fact, after growing up, I asked my grandmother how to make papaya water? Grandma told me:
First prepare a basin of water, a piece of clean gauze, and a bag of papaya seeds;
Then wrap the papaya seeds in gauze, dip them in water, and slowly rub them;
Slowly rub until the gauze is sticky, put it in clean water, and then rub it;
Repeat this countless times until the gauze no longer feels sticky.
After such a series of operations, the water is still a basin of clear water, and there is no jelly feeling. At this time, you need to sit still all night, and the next day it will become jelly!
Papaya cold powder
But this can not be made into papaya water, the last step is - boiling brown sugar water.
Yunnan papaya water, of course, must be accompanied by Yunjin brown sugar is the most authentic!
Brown sugar cubes boiled into sweet brown sugar water, let cool, natural sweetness is more exciting.
A pot of papaya cold powder, a bowl of brown sugar water, a bucket of ice cubes,
A cup, a spoonful of papaya cold powder, "da-da-da-
The finishing touch of a spoonful of brown sugar water, the soul of a spoonful of ice cubes,
A glass of brown sugar papaya water that accompanied me throughout my childhood summer.
Who doesn't love this crystal clear, sweet, cool papaya water?
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