How to eat ginger candy

For some women with cold body, the combination of ginger and brown sugar is a very good choice, because the spicy ingredients in ginger can effectively remove the coldness in the body, and the combination with brown sugar can have a nourishing effect. If you don't have brown sugar ginger tea, then some ginger candy is also a very good food, and it also has a certain effect of removing dampness and cold. So, how do you eat ginger candy?

Ginger candy is a delicious and famous snack that originated in southern China. It is made by mixing ginger juice extracted from ginger and brown sugar. Most of the candies currently sold in supermarkets are solid blocks of candy, which are refined with high-grade starch. In the south, they are also made into ginger candy balls by adding glutinous rice. Because ginger can remove dampness and cold, and can also reduce the bitter taste in the mouth when there is dry mouth, it is particularly suitable for consumption in the humid climate in the south and the rainy season in the north.

The health benefits of ginger are highly praised in traditional Chinese medicine. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, ginger is pungent and warm in nature, and enters the lung, stomach, and spleen meridians. Its main functions are to dispel cold, stop vomiting, and relieve phlegm. It can treat colds and also detoxify fish and crabs. Therefore, for people suffering from colds, it is best to always have some ginger candy or ginger tea with them, which can have a good relieving effect.

Production process

1. Make ginger juice: wash the fresh ginger, grind it with a meat grinder, add a small amount of water, mix well and squeeze out the ginger juice for later use.

2. Making cake flour: Wash the glutinous rice with 50-60℃ warm water for 4-5 minutes, scoop it up and spread it in a winnowing basket to drain the water. The next morning, stir-fry it with river sand over high heat, but do not fry it until it turns yellow. Then grind it into fine vermicelli (cake flour, also called male flour), spread it in a winnowing basket and expose it to the ground for 2-3 days, until there is no sound when you knead the flour into a ball.

3. Boil brown sugar: add brown sugar to water and boil, filter and precipitate to remove impurities, then put it into the pot, add ginger juice and cake flour (add gradually in small amounts to avoid clumping), and continue to boil. The temperature should be controlled between 80 and 90 degrees Celsius, and high heat should not be used. Stir evenly while baking, so that the starch and ginger juice gradually become a thick paste. Add high-quality cooked oil, continue to boil, then add sesame seeds and spices and mix well.

Ginger Candy

Ginger Candy

4. Put the prepared ginger candy paste on the table and spread it out to cool. Then use a skewer to thin it out and cut it into 8 cm long and 3 cm wide strips of ginger candy and pack them in boxes.