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Homemade Winter Melon Tea (Reduced Sugar Version)

胖仙女
胖仙女 @happycooking365

I bought a huge winter melon and decided to use half of it to make winter melon tea. Online recipes for this concentrated winter melon syrup usually call for a lot of sugar, which makes sense since it's concentrated and meant to be diluted with water. However, I wanted more winter melon flavor and less sugar, so it's safer for my kids to drink. I used about half the sugar of a typical recipe. I saw a standard ratio of winter melon: brown sugar (or rock sugar): black sugar = 4:3:1. If you want to try the non-reduced sugar version, you can follow that ratio. I really like this reduced sugar version; the winter melon flavor is light and refreshing, especially with a touch of lemon!
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Ingredients

30 minutes
  1. Winter melon, about 1 1/3 pounds (600 grams)
  2. 1 cupbrown sugar (200 grams)
  3. 1/2 cupblack sugar (100 grams)

Cooking Instructions

30 minutes
  1. 1

    Peel and seed the winter melon, then cut it into pieces.

  2. 2

    Blend into a puree using a blender or food processor. If it's hard to blend, add a little water; I added 1 tablespoon.

  3. 3

    Mix in all the sugar until well combined.

  4. 4

    Place in a rice cooker with 2 cups of water in the outer pot and cook until done.

  5. 5

    After cooling, store in the refrigerator. It's best to consume within a week. You can also freeze it in ice cube trays. Before drinking, dilute with water to taste and add a little lemon juice for extra flavor!

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