Sweet potato soup
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| Type | Tong sui |
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| Place of origin | China |
| Main ingredients | Sweet potatoes, brown sugar, ginger |
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| Chinese | 番薯糖水 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | sweet potato sweet water | ||||||||||
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Sweet potato soup is a Chinese dessert from Southern China, and is especially popular in its Cantonese region.[1]
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 brown sugar 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.
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Food portal
- ^ c.k.Alvin (6 May 2007). "Traditional Chinese Sweet Potato & Ginger Dessert Soup". food.com. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ cgiar.org