Guangdong people like to drink bamboo cane horseshoe syrup twice a week to clear away heat and remove fire, and drink special nutrition in spring. In the spring, when the climate gets warmer, people will feel thirsty more easily when the weather gets hot. At this time, drink more water, eat a light diet and eat more fruits and vegetables, which is good for your health. We locals love to drink soup, and we will cook different soups in different seasons, which conforms to the season's nutrition and health. In addition to all kinds of delicious soups, all kinds of sugar water are also the favorite of our hometown people. Now in spring, my family likes to cook this dish recently: bamboo cane, horseshoe and hairy root sugar water, which is sweet and moist, and is very popular among adults and children. In spring, our family drinks it at least twice a week, and Cantonese people like it very much since childhood.

The main ingredients used in the sugar water of bamboo cane, water chestnut, grass rhizome and carrot are light and moist. The bamboo cane stalk is thick and tall, with high sugar content, and it is difficult to chew it directly, so it is a good way to make soup or boil sugar water, which has the function of clearing away heat and moistening dryness. The scientific name of horseshoe is also called "water chestnut". Its pulp is white, crisp, sweet and juicy, sweet and cool, and it also has a good effect of clearing away heat and quenching thirst. It is perfect for thirsty people to eat it in spring. Grass rhizome is also a kind of food with the same origin of medicine and food. It is usually used to boil water to drink, which is very helpful to relieve irritability, bitter taste and thirst. Carrots are sweet and rich in vitamins. These ingredients are mixed together to boil sugar water, which is attractive in color, sweet and nutritious in taste, and is loved by all ages.

The sugar water of bamboo cane horseshoe rhizome is also very simple. All the ingredients are ready to be cut into small pieces, put in a soup pot and boiled for about 2 minutes, and then the taste and nutrition in the ingredients can be boiled. You can cook more at a time. After cooling, you can put it in the refrigerator. When you drink it, you can heat it up. It's okay to drink it in hot weather. When you drink it, it's much stronger than carbonated drinks, and the taste is sweet. Children also like to drink it. Let's take a look at the details.

bamboo cane, horseshoe and hairy root syrup

Preparation ingredients: 3 sections of bamboo cane, a proper amount of hairy root, a carrot and 9 horseshoes.

prepare ingredients: a little rock sugar (no need to put it).

detailed methods:

1. Wash bamboo cane and cut it into small pieces, peel carrot and cut it into pieces, wash horseshoe and cut it into pieces, and wash rhizome for later use.

2. Prepare a soup pot, put the processed bamboo cane, horseshoe, carrot and cogongrass into the pot together, and add a proper amount of water. Boil over high heat and turn to low heat for 2 minutes.

You can serve it when you are out of the pot and put a bowl in it. Such a home-cooked version: bamboo cane, horseshoe and grass root syrup is ready. The soup made in this way is fragrant and sweet, and there is no need to put crystal sugar at all. The sweetness of the ingredients themselves is completely enough (if you like sweeter, you can put a little crystal sugar). Except for the grass root, the remaining carrots, horseshoes and bamboo cane can be eaten, so that the boiled syrup soup can be eaten. Suitable for the whole family to enjoy, usually cook more, and put it in the refrigerator to drink as a drink is much better than drinking carbonated drinks. Simple, nutritious and delicious practices are shared with you. You can try them if you like.

Lily's culinary tips:

1. Bamboo cane is used here. If not, you can choose common sugarcane instead.

2. Maogen can be sold in many pharmacies. You can dig it yourself in rural areas, and boiling water after drying has a good effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.

3. The ingredients used in this soup have a certain sweetness, so there is no need to add rock sugar for seasoning. It is healthier to eat less sugar.