Winter melon tea is also called Benincasa hispid tea. It is a kind of sweet drink that Chinese often drinks in the summer. Which is very popular in East and South Asia.
What is Winter Melon Tea?
Winter Melon Tea is made with winter melon and brown sugar. It is that mixes the winter melon with brown sugar in proportion and boiled it for several hours. Then the soup is concentrated winter melon, and then cooled, canned, refrigerated, and placed in the refrigerator. It can be diluted with water, consumed or frozen for sale. In the general market, there is a good-selling winter melon candy block, which can be cooked and melted into a tea soup to be eaten.
What does winter Melon Tea taste like?
Winter melon tea tastes fragrant and slightly sweet.
Winter Melon Tea benefits:
1. The winter melon tea is an ideal drink for longevity. It has the function of clearing out kidney waste and overabundance water.
2. The real advantages of this tea originate from it is nutrient and cancer prevention agent content, which can help relieve gastrointestinal misery.
3. It also can help you adjust your weight, take out your pressure, lower in the general cholesterol, and even wipe out cancer-causing agents in your body.
4. As raw material, the winter melon does not contain fat, and its sodium substance is low, which causes it to a diuretic. This may also give help to the circulatory system and overseeing diabetes.
How to make Winter Melon Tea
Winter Melon Tea recipe:
INGREDIENTS
• 900g winter melon
• 300g brown sugar
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Clean the skin of the winter melon carefully and cut the winter melon into small pieces. Then put it in a large bowl, sprinkle with brown sugar and mix well.
2. Marinated the winter melon for two hours, then the winter melon will naturally produce water.
3. Pour it in a pot and cook under high heat until boiling. Turn the fire down and continue to cook it under low heat for 2-3 hours until the winter melon becomes translucent. (If the water becomes too small, you can add boiling water in moderation.)
4. Filter the winter melon tea with a mesh or gauze. And Put it in the refrigerator.
5. Dilute it with boiled water and ice cube according to your taste when you drink it.
Tips
1. When making melon tea, it must be put together with the winter melon’s skin and seed, because the nutrition of the winter melon is in the skin and seeds.
2. According to your preference, you can choose to make melon tea with brown sugar or rock sugar.
3. It is best to use a large fire to boil the winter melon and then cook it with a small fire. If the induction cooker has a regular soup function, it works best.
Winter Melon Tea
Ingredients
- 900g winter melon
- 300g brown sugar
Instructions
- Clean the skin of the winter melon carefully and cut the winter melon into small pieces. Then put it in a large bowl, sprinkle with brown sugar and mix well.
- Marinated the winter melon for two hours, then the winter melon will naturally produce water.
- Pour it in a pot and cook under high heat until boiling. Turn the fire down and continue to cook it under low heat for 2-3 hours until the winter melon becomes translucent. (If the water becomes too small, you can add boiling water in moderation.)
- Filter the winter melon tea with a mesh or gauze. And Put it in the refrigerator.
- Dilute it with boiled water and ice cube according to your taste when you drink it.
Sammie
I really love sweet drink and this recipe is amazing!