凉茶 + 糖水= 凉水

lately i'm in the mood of making sweet stuff ,that is not so fattening..and its a drink...

i'm not sure you all have tasted this b4 but i only tasted it at my dad's friend's house during CNY.. and it was sooooo nice to drink, i tell ya! ..if you're the type who likes to drink "liong cha" then this would be something new for u =)

its pretty easy to make...and it only takes 15 mins to boil~~ yes, i prefer less than 1 hour job kind of cooking because my lifestyle is hectic, no time to play around with dishes, just cook & eat..

okay let's start !

ingredients you need =

1.Goci Berry ( gei zhi)

2. Longan - the dried ones

3.red dates- sweetened is better ,so that u don't need to add sugar later on, the red dates sweetened is sweet enough

4. don't forget u need a pot to boil!

cooking method=

1. take 1 hand full of Goci berries( gei zhi),

then rinse the Goci Berry ( Gei zhi) in water( just to wash it)

Longan you may put as many as you wish, for minimum put 10 pieces

2 . take out a pot & dump the goci berry, longan & red dates in

* the amount of red dates you need to put in depends on how sweet you want it to be*

1 packet of sweetened red dates has about almost 20 red dates i think... you can put in 10 first, if its not sweet enough,you can continue adding more in later on

3. add water in....if you are using a medium size pot, you can add the water till full

big size pot ,water is slightly more than half pot

small pot ,water you can add full & lessen the red dates

4.let it boil ! for 15 mins( this is using big fire).

when you see it bubbling & it has turned to" liong cha" colour which is brownish like this ---> then you can taste it to see if its sweet enough..

still not sweet? add more red dates & boil for 5 mins..

sweet enough already? off the fire , let it cool down then serve

oh by the way its a healthy drink, because "gei zhi" is good for the eyes, so you can add more "gei zhi" and eat it up in the drink =)

all the ingredients is edible, so do eat them unless you don't like eating longan / red dates, but eating the "Gei zhi " is a MUst! MUSt!