Rock Sugar
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Type of confectionary composed of large sugar crystals compiled together
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Rock sugar comes in a variety of colours such as varying tones of yellow of clear (as pictured above)
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It is more natural and not as sweet as granulated sugar
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Often used in Chinese desserts
How do I prepare it?
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Preparation is not needed, simply use as is out of the bag
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You may need to break it up into smaller pieces
Where can I buy this?
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In any supermarket, they come prepackaged in bags
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You can also purchase this from wet marts in Hong Kong in bulk
What is the cost?
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You can purchase this for around $15 – $20 CAD / pound
Any benefits?
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Rock sugar is said to be a healthier substitute for granulated, processed sugar
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It is more natural than refined sugar
Any precautions?
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Over consumption can lead to fatigue and imbalance of sugar in the blood and potentially cause diabetes
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Use sugar in moderation
Our family’s concept of healthy and delicious soups excludes sugar. I never put sugar into my soups as there is enough from the dried fruit that you’re using as your soup base. This is required if you are boiling a sweet soup – that I call dessert.
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hi!
my family an i went to this asian buffet in queens last week. i saw this soup and tried it and it was really good unfortunately there was no name of what soup it was. so i was hoping if you have an idea of what it was. it was a warm clear soup, in light brown color and it was sweet. it has like a melon in it and dates and some kind of clear white seaweed? i’m not sure what it was really. it also has a floating nut, like peanut but i’m not sure. i hope you know know what i am talking about.
thanks a lot!
I think its this dessert called Cheng Teng. You can google the name.
http://www.grouprecipes.com/2610/cheng-teng-dessert.html
http://ellenaguan.blogspot.com/2011/06/dessert-cheng-teng.html
🙂