Pumpkin Oatmeal Thick Soup
Melting Golden Potage! Taiwanese Sweet Pumpkin and Wheat Healing Soup
Description
An ultimate healthy potage using no roux, simmering Taiwan's extremely sweet pumpkin (Nangua) gooey, adding oatmeal and milk (or soy milk).
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Oatmeal(Yanmai)
- Pumpkin
- Milk(or Unsweetened soy milk)
- Salt
- Black pepper
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Peel pumpkin, cut small, soften in microwave (or boil with a little water until it crumbles).
- Mash pumpkin into a paste.
- Heat pumpkin paste, milk (or unsweetened soy milk), water in a pot.
- Add oatmeal, simmer 3-
- mins until entirely a thick potage.
- Season with salt and a little black pepper (*No sugar needed due to pumpkin sweetness).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Rich sweet pumpkin aroma and milk richness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Sweet potato (becomes Digua Yanmai Nongtang)
Pairing
Crispy baked whole wheat bread、Salad
Trivia
[For Women] Uses no wheat/butter roux; thickens purely with pumpkin starch and oatmeal stickiness, keeping calories/fat amazingly low. Many women slurp it from tumblers as a soup substitute in heavily air-conditioned Taiwan offices.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Sprinkle a little 'cinnamon powder' at the end, ranking up to an exotic aroma like a luxury hotel soup!
Allergen
Wheat (Oatmeal), Dairy (if milk is used)