Double Boil Winter Melon Dessert

Double Boil Winter Melon Dessert


 Cooling and nourishing for the lungs or when you have cough or having green phlegm.

Ingredients

1 medium round or oblong winter melon . Make sure it have a balance bottom as you need to sit it on a bowl.

Water ( to cover till 90% full)
140gm small lump Sugar (you have to estimate how sweet you like)
Dried longan
Red Dates


Method

Wash the outside of melon.
Using a sharp knife, cut off the top end (the end with the stalk) with a nice clean cut, and the piece that was cut out will be like a “cover” . We need this to cover the melon during steaming.

Using a spoon, scoop out all the seeds of the melon from the cut end and hence leaving a hollow center in the melon.
Put in the rock or lump sugar, the longan and red dates and water to fill up the hollow.
Cover with the “cover” that was cut out so that it is back to a round melon.  Secure with tooth picks.
Using a metal bowl as a base to hold the melon upright without spilling its content.
Steam the whole melon in medium heat for 1 ½ to 2 hours.
When done, open up the “cover” and scoop out the water and using spoon scoop out the flesh (should be very soft now) and serve in a bowl.

** You can taste the sweetness after 1 hour to check whether you need to add anymore lump sugar.

Happy Trying !!
Kelly's Kitchen