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Category: Main Course
The Empress's Secret Beauty Soup - TastyPlanner.com
Chef: Lily530
It is rumoured that this soup was a favourite with a Chinese empress and the concubines in the Forbidden City.
289 calories per serving
Ingredients
1/4 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup wheat berries
1/4 cup barley
1/4 cup brown rice
1/4 cup buckwheat kasha
1 pound watermelon rind, cut into 4-inch long strips
3 cups of watermelon rind)
7 1/2 cups spring water
1/2 cup rock sugar, broken into small pieces
2 green tea bags
Instructions
In a large saucepan, combine the five grains, watermelon rind and 6 cups of spring water.
Bring to a boil.
Cover and reduce heat to low and simmer until the liquid is reduced to 4 cups, about 50 minutes.
In a small saucepan, combine the rock sugar, tea bags and 1 1/2 cups of spring water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, then simmer for 2 minutes, then remove tea bags. Continue to simmer the mixture until the rock sugar dissolves.
Discard rind. Ladle soup into serving bowls, flavour with sugar and green-tea mixture. Serve warm or cold.
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