Moisten the lungs and relieve dryness | How to make lotus seed, horseshoe and chestnut syrup

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  1.Ingredients preparation, chestnuts have been processed and frozen before , if you buy fresh chestnuts, clean them and make a cut with a knife or scissors.Put it in boiling water and cook for five minutes, turn off the heat and simmer for five minutes, take out and peel the shell (you can cook it longer to shorten the time of boiling sugar water later)

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  2.Peel the water chestnuts and cut them in half;
  Clean the red dates and soak them in water for ten minutes;
  Wash the lotus seeds.After soaking for one hour, remove the core and stems;
  Cut the chestnuts into small pieces

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  3.After soaking, remove the pits from the red dates.You can use a hard plastic straw to core the dates to keep their shape intact.Although it can be cooked together without removing the pits, the red date pits are easier to catch fire, so it is better to remove them

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  4.Put the lotus seeds into the pot first, add 1 liter of water to boil, and simmer for fifteen minutes

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  5.After fifteen minutes, put the water chestnuts into the pot and continue cooking for another thirty minutes

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  6. After cooking for 30 minutes, add the chestnuts and red dates and continue to cook for 20 minutes (you can taste whether the chestnuts are completely soft or not soft enough) If necessary, simmer for a while)

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  7.Put in 10 minutes before serving Rock sugar, when the rock sugar melts, the sugar water is ready

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  8.Finished product picture!

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  9.Sweet and glutinous chestnuts, sweet and cottony lotus seeds , the refreshing and crispy water chestnuts, the crystal clear sugar water, do you think it tastes sweet just by looking at it?