How to make sour plum soup

1. Ingredients: dried ebony plums (half a catty), hawthorn (half a catty), osmanthus (one tael), licorice (one tael), born sugar or brown sugar .

Preparation steps: 1. The dried plums and hawthorns bought from the dry goods market must be soaked in water first. 2. Wrap the soaked plums and hawthorns in gauze together with a small amount of osmanthus and licorice. 3. Fill the large pot with water, put in the gauze bag, and bring to a boil over high heat. 4. After boiling, add an appropriate amount of born sugar or brown sugar that can be used for dyeing. 5. Simmer over low heat for 6 to 7 hours. When about half of the water is boiled away, the sour plum soup is ready.

Drinking instructions: 1. You can’t finish the prepared sour plum soup at one time. You can store it in the refrigerator for a few days. However, at room temperature, sour plum soup is easy to deteriorate. If you see fine foam floating on the surface, it means that it has deteriorated and cannot be drunk. 2. Sour plum soup with licorice will have an astringent aftertaste. Put some ice cubes when drinking to reduce the astringency. 3. The sour plum soup made by a novice may be too thick or too light. The only way to make the ratio of heat and water is to think more and try more!

Sour plum soup is a popular folk drink inherited from our country’s ancestors. It is a gift to quench thirst and promote fluid production during the hot summer. Many people don't know that it is very convenient and simple to make it at home:

2. Method:

Just go to the Chinese medicine store to buy some "sour plum soup" and bring it home, boil it with hot water , it will be ready after simmering it for half an hour, and it will be more delicious after being chilled.

■ Note:

Sour plum juice contains heavy acidic substances, so do not use metal pots to cook or store it. It is best to use earthenware pots and

glass bottles.

Tip 1: If you buy it for ten yuan each time, you can cook it four times. Each time you cook it, use about one and a half of the ingredients and add ten bowls of water.

Tip 2: Add brown sugar (such as golden sugar) to taste.

■ Benefits:

Plums have strong antibacterial power, which not only helps digestion and increases appetite, but also cleanses the stomach, deworms, relieves vomiting, diarrhea, coughs and removes phlegm. It can also reduce astringent urine, stop sweating and solidify fluids, and inhibit diarrhea. It is effective in treating intense heart beating, neuralgia, sciatica, shoulder pain, roundworm infestation, and loss of appetite in summer. It also allows people to quickly eliminate fatigue, restore physical strength, and prevent infectious diseases.