Refreshing with winter melon juice

Choose old squash, the one with powdery skin is delicious, if you choose young fruit, the finished product will not be as delicious. Wash the powdery skin on the squash. Cut it in half or lengthwise, remove the seeds, cut into large or small pieces as desired. Divide the squash into 2 parts, keep one part intact, dry the other part, then put a handful of dried squash in the oven or air fryer to roast until slightly golden brown.

Several jujubes, choose the large and dry ones, usually only use 1 jujube for 1 liter of filtered water, if you use more, the water will be sour. Soak the jujubes in boiling water for about 15 minutes. Similarly, also add 2 tablespoons of dried longan pulp and soak in boiling water for 15 minutes to remove dirt. Crush one dried monk fruit to break the outer shell. These ingredients are all sold at traditional medicine stores. To make the winter melon water naturally sweet, add a few pieces of sugar cane, washed and thinly sliced. You can also add a handful of washed lemon roots, if you like.

After preparation, put all the prepared ingredients, including squash, monk fruit, apple, longan, sugarcane and lemon root into the pot. If the squash weighs 2kg, use 5 liters of water, cover tightly, cook over high heat until the water boils, then open the lid, turn down the heat and simmer until the squash is soft and clear like water. During the cooking process, occasionally open the lid to release steam, use a ladle to stir gently to avoid crushing the ingredients, the water will not be clear, then add a little filtered water. When the ingredients have released all their sweetness, remove the residue, filter the water and add a little rock sugar or brown sugar to your liking, taste to increase or decrease the amount of sugar, adjust the sweetness to your taste. The taste of the squash water will be sweet and slightly sour from the apple, if you do not like the sour taste, do not use apple.

It is also winter melon juice, but some people like to combine winter melon with rehmannia glutinosa, rock sugar, pandan leaves; some people do not add sugar because they think longan and sugarcane are sweet enough, they only add corn silk, and when drinking, they add a little chia seeds... In general, the finished product is self-selected ingredients, self-cooked, and the sweetness or blandness is adjusted according to preference, so the winter melon juice will be delicious and healthy!

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