Those of you lot from Kampar volition definitely recollect the Herbal Drink stall infront of Kam Ling Restaurant. One sometime uncle together alongside his fair in addition to pretty married adult woman volition hold upwards selling wintermelon tea, Wong Lou Kat, Hui Sap Sui, sometimes Sugarcane potable every bit good in addition to closed to other materials that I can’t remember. And my favourite volition hold upwards the wintermelon drink.
Actually they alive simply 200m downward my identify inwards Kampar. Everyday I’ll come across the homo on the bicycle, peddling the mobile stall to location, alongside the married adult woman pushing the stall from behind. Such a lovely couple… but I got to know from my mom that the homo has passed away, few years back. Actually the twosome guide keep already retired to a greater extent than than fifteen years ago, in addition to sold the trace of piece of occupation concern to closed to other couple. It’s no longer the same thing..something’s missing.
So, for those of you lot who loved the lovely couple’s wintermelon tea, this is a closed crusade to that version that is the favourite of in addition to hence many inwards Kampar.
7.5L water
480gm candied brownish saccharide (I prefer this over stone saccharide here)
*Please cut accordingly if you lot desire to brand a smaller portion, here’s the ratio
1kg wintermelon : 2.5L H2O (10 cups/rice bowl): 2pcs candied brownish sugar(160gm), you lot tin flame set to a greater extent than if you lot similar it sweeter.
1. Wash the wintermelon, scrubbing the dark-green peel alongside a soft scourer (green Scotch Brite, non stainless steel scrub) to larn rid of the white powder.
2. Cut the melon up, discard seed, do NOT peel and cutting into chunks, nigh 2 inch cube, non every bit good large in addition to hence that they’ll gear upwards faster, non every bit good modest in addition to hence that you lot tin flame easily fish them out later.
3. Put inwards in large pot (10 or 11L capacity) in addition to set inwards 8L water. Put inwards sugar.
4. Bring to a boil on high oestrus in addition to lower to a simmer until wintermelon turns soft, agency you lot tin flame poke thru the flesh easily alongside a chopstick, peel volition even in addition to hence hold upwards hard, in addition to hence don’t poke thru the peel instead. It took me nigh four hours.
5. When wintermelon is soft, fish them out in addition to scrape the flesh alongside a spoon in addition to squeeze them alongside a fork.
6. Discard the peel in addition to set the flesh dorsum into the pot. Cool downward in addition to chill.
With no additional materials similar candied dates or longan, the flavor of the wintermelon actually shines through in addition to it feels in addition to hence "yoon" on the throat
By the way, these picutres were taken to a greater extent than than a twelvemonth in addition to one-half ago. Can you lot come across those floating bits of wintermelon, all mushy mushy.
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