Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
50 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Refreshing sweet drinks such as drinks are an excellent choice for a hot summer day. Today, TasteVN will join you in cooking to explore how to make coconut herbal tea, a specialty of Can Tho that is refreshing, cooling, and detoxifying, which is very simple to make at home!
Ingredients for Can Tho Coconut Herbal Tea For 5 liters
Sugarcane 200 gr Plantain 50 gr Water lily 50 gr Wild ginger 50 gr Pandan leaves 200 gr Water lily roots 30 gr Corn beard 30 gr Monk fruit 1 fruit Rehmannia root 10 gr Cilantro roots 30 gr Rock sugar 500 gr Fresh coconut water 500 ml Young coconut meat 100 gr Pineapple syrup 5 ml
Where to buy the ingredients for making herbal tea?
- Ingredients such as tranh roots, la hán quả, thục địa, râu bắp,… you can find them at vegetable and herb stalls in local markets or purchase them from specialty stores that sell traditional medicine ingredients, or look for pre-packaged herbal tea ingredient sets in supermarkets.
- Additionally, you can also find herbal tea ingredients on various websites by placing online orders through reputable e-commerce sites.
What is bamboo sugarcane? How does it differ from regular sugarcane?
- Bamboo sugarcane is a type of grass plant belonging to the Rice family, with a long lifespan.
- Bamboo sugarcane has a different shape from regular sugarcane but has a smaller stem, usually green or light yellow, divided into multiple joints.
- Bamboo sugarcane has less water but possesses a fragrant aroma and a naturally sweet, refreshing taste.
- Regular sugarcane has a sturdy stem, with each plant growing separately, while bamboo sugarcane has a porous, soft stem and grows in clusters.
How to Prepare Can Tho Coconut Ginseng
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Wash the ingredients and boil the ginseng water
The ingredients for cooking ginseng include sugarcane, plantain, water lily, medicinal herbs, pandan leaves, coriander roots, vetiver roots, corn silk, monk fruit, and rehmannia.
You wash the ingredients thoroughly, drain them, and bundle them together into a pot. Pour 5 liters of filtered water into the pot, place it on the stove, and bring it to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat, cover, and simmer the ginseng water for 45 minutes.
After boiling, use a strainer to remove the solid ingredients, resulting in fragrant and clear water without any residue.
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Cooking herbal water with sugar
Put the filtered herbal water in a pot on the stove, add 500g of rock sugar to the pot. You cook on low heat and use a ladle to stir until the rock sugar completely dissolves.
You can adjust the sweetness of the herbal water to your liking, then turn off the heat, lift the pot of herbal water down, and let it cool.
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Pour herbal water into a glass and add coconut water
Add ice cubes into a glass, pour the cooled herbal water until about 2/3 of the glass.
Next, you pour fresh coconut water until the glass is full, place some fresh coconut pieces on top of the glass, and finally add a little pineapple syrup and the coconut herbal drink is ready.
Depending on your preference, you can pour a little pineapple syrup into the herbal drink to add flavor and color, or you can skip it if you prefer.
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Final Product
With just a few simple steps, anyone can easily prepare the refreshing herbal coconut water specialty from Can Tho right in their own kitchen.
The herbal water has a natural brown color, fragrant with pandan leaves and various ingredients, sweet and refreshing. A bit of pandan syrup gives the drink an eye-catching green color, enhancing the sweet and enticing aroma of pandan leaves.
This is definitely the perfect choice for you to show off your skills and treat your family to a delicious, sweet, and refreshing drink that alleviates the hot summer days.
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*Image and recipe reference from the YouTube channel: Cooky TV.
