Sweet potato soup
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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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Cookbook: Sweet potato soup
Media: Sweet potato soup| Sweet potato soup | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 番薯糖水 | ||||||||||
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| 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]
Cantonese cuisine
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.
See also
- Egg tongsui
- Fried sweet potato
- List of Chinese soups
- List of soups
- Sweet potato pie
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References
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