Ching bo leung

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Ching bo leung

칭보렁

Chinese sweet cold soup

About this dish

Ching bo leung is a sweet, cold dessert soup of Chinese origin, which is commonly served in Cantonese cuisine, Hainanese cuisine and Guangxi cuisine. It is a popular dessert in Malaysia and Singapore. It is a type of tong sui. In Singapore it is known as 清汤 ("Cheng Tng" in Hokkien). It is known as sâm bổ lượng or chè sâm bổ lượng (chè meaning "sweet soup") in Vietnam. Although the exact recipe may vary, the drink generally contains grains of yi mai (Chinese pearl barley), dried longans, red jujubes, lotus seeds, and thinly sliced seaweed, with water, sugar, and crushed ice. In place of the yi mai, pearl barley may sometimes be used, and thinly sliced strips of ginger and/or ginseng root, wolfberries, or ginkgo nuts may also appear as ingredients.

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