Gordon Euryale Seed (Foxnut)
真珠のようなモチモチ食感！台湾夜市の名物スープ「四神湯」の絶対的スタメン
Description
Seeds of the Gordon Euryale (water lily family). Hard when dried, but slow-simmering in soup yields a supreme 'chewy, squishy' texture like boba or Shiratama. A medicinal spice.
Classification: For Women,Whole Spice,Chewy Seeds of Si Shen Tang
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How to use
Ingredients
- Qian Shi(Dried Gordon Euryale seeds)
Instructions
- [Usage Secret]
- [Star of Si Shen Tang] Taiwan night market's hugely popular pork offal medicinal soup. This Qian Shi is one of the 'Four Gods (spices)' constituting it. Absorbs pork umami and medicinal aroma to the limit, becoming the best texture accent in the soup.
- [Congee] Toss a handful in with rice when cooking plain congee. Adds elasticity and faint sweetness, making the ultimate stomach-soothing breakfast.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Faintly sweet、rustic aroma resembling chestnuts or taro
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Job's tears (Yi Ren) or Tapioca pearls (texture sub)
Pairing
Si Shen Tang, Plain congee, Medicinal chicken soup
Trivia
[For Women] In Chinese medicine, believed to 'strengthen spleen/kidneys, expel excess body moisture', loved by Taiwanese women as the god of debloating. The round whitish seeds sunken at the bottom when drinking 'Si Shen Tang' at night market stalls are these (often simmered with Job's tears). A spice not just for dashi, but 'to be eaten deliciously as an ingredient'.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Scoop only Qian Shi and pork small intestines from Si Shen Tang, dipping in Taiwan's unique 'sweet garlic soy (Suanrong Jiang)' to eat as a snack—the connoisseur's way!
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