Luc Tau Xa Sweet Soup

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Luc Tau Xa is a famous snack of Hue in the 50s, 60s and early 70s of the last century. In the memory of the old Hue people, they still do not forget the taste of this dish if they have enjoyed it once.

Introduction:

Tau Xa is the name in Cantonese (China) because this is a dish that has followed the Chinese and the Minh Huong people who immigrated to Vietnam from previous centuries. Originally, its full name was "Luc Tau Xa" (green beans) meaning crushed green beans. The name itself also expresses a part of the main ingredients that make up this tea, including green beans, tapioca flour, dried tangerine peel and granulated sugar.

Ingredients for making Luc Tau Xa sweet soup for 3-4 people:

- Peeled Green Beans 150gr

- Cleaned Lotus seeds 100gr

- Tapioca flour 50gr

- Cleaned Chinese apple 50gr

- Dried tangerine peel a little, washed with hot water, chopped into fibers

- Sugar

- A little salt

- Copra (optional)

Instructions

Step 1: Process materials

– Put lotus seeds together with chickpeas to wash

– Peel tangerines, chop into micro fibers

– Soak tapioca flour until soft, rinse, wash again with water to prevent stick

– Coconut pulp grated into fibers, put in a bowl, pour hot water into then squeeze to get coconut milk

Step 2: Cooking steps

– First, put chickpeas and lotus seeds in a cooker, pour in coconut water and simmer the beans and lotus seeds

– Strain for about 20 minutes when beans and lotus seeds are simmered, stir in sugar and a little salt

– Put in Chinese apple and cook until soft soaking - Put in tapioca flour

– When the sweet soup is in a paste, stir in the tangerine peel

– Scoop the sweet soup into a bowl, add coconut milk on top and you're done

Highlight:

Luc Tau Xa sweet soup is not only a delicious dish but also acts as a "tonic" because the ingredients used to cook this sweet soup themselves have medicinal flavors. Chickpeas: cool, detoxifying, cooling, fever and have the effect of eliminating pollution (cleanse harmful substances in the body); tangerine peel: has a bitter taste, helps to digest, reduce phlegm and clear the larynx. That is the unique feature of this dish.

Value of Culinary Heritage:

Every winter, when the rains pour day after day, people remember the Luc Tau Xa sweet soup, because this is the best sweet soup when enjoyed hot.

The sweet soup has a sharp sweet taste that few types have. The sweetness of granulated sugar blends in the fatty taste of chickpeas, semolina and the taste of tangerine peel. Luc Tau Xa has a cooling effect, which is very good for health.

It is very easy to make this special sweet soup by following these simple steps above. There is nothing better than sitting and enjoying the warm and delicious Luc Tau Xa sweet soup, listening to the sweet taste of green beans and ripe lotus seeds mixed with the aroma of tangerine peel, adding a little fat of coconut milk in the cold winter. What are you waiting for, just start to show off your housework.