Chinese Food
White gourd sugar
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When it comes to white gourd, I think of my mother making white gourd candy when I was a child. I remember that every new year, my mother would make a lot of white gourd candy for us to eat. Today, I also made white gourd candy. I packaged it with sugar paper and gave it to my relatives and friends for tasting. -
Cooking ingredients
Cooking Steps
Step1:Prepare 1500g white gourd, 1500g white sugar and 20g lime.
Step2:Peel and clean the wax gourd and dig out the flesh. Only the white meat is left.
Step3:Cut small melon strips 6-8 cm long, 1 cm wide and 1 cm thick.
Step4:Put the cut walnuts into the plate. I weighed 1500 grams.
Step5:Add 20 grams of lime.
Step6:The addition of lime is hardening treatment. The mixture of quicklime is about Zero point six %The lime water of 20 grams of lime needs to be mixed with 1500 grams of clear water. Pay attention to the use of edible grade quick lime. It's not gypsum but other. The lime concentration is 2%. The upper layer of clear water is rich in calcium pectinate. The purpose is to prevent the melon meat from being cooked soft. The finished product can be crisp and crisp. Don't ask me if I don't need lime. The concentration is very low. There is little lime left after washing and soaking.
Step7:Take out the soaked wax gourd strips and rinse them with clear water. Remove the residual lime solution.
Step8:Put the cleaned walnuts into the pot. Boil with water for 5 minutes.
Step9:Let the wax gourd stick dry and put it in the plate.
Step10:Add 1500 g white sugar and stir well with wax gourd.
Step11:Stir well, cover with plastic film, marinate in refrigerator for 2 days, make the wax gourd taste easier.
Step12:Put the pickled wax gourd and sugar water into the non stick pot.
Step13:Cook slowly until the sugar water is dry. At this time, turn down the heat. Stir continuously with a spatula, so as not to stir fry the sugar and affect the taste.
Step14:Slowly stir fry until the sugar dries.
Step15:Stir fry the sugar. It's in this state. Turn off the heat at this time.
Step16:Finished produc
Step17:Finished produc
Step18:16. Dry naturally and pack thoroughly.
Cooking tips:1. Wax gourd sticks need to be drained before adding sugar. 2. White melon and sugar ratio 1-1. For example, 500g white melon sticks need to add 500g white sugar. Sugar content is not enough. It will not be desanded and dry when fried. 3. Stir fried white sugar left over from winter melon. It can be left for dessert. 4. It's easy to wash when you put it in water. There are skills in making delicious dishes.
