Ingredient

Slab sugar

Slab sugar is a wholesome ingredient featured in 8 Nourilo recipes — most often in soups, herbal & flower teas and congee & porridge. It is traditionally enjoyed as part of a balanced diet.

Often used in recipes for

Digestive Wellness · 3 Heart & Circulation · 2 Cooling & Summer Heat · 2 Skin & Natural Beauty · 2

Recipes with Slab sugar

Congee & Porridge

Apple, Red Date and Glutinous Rice Sweet Congee

Low-purine; traditionally nourishes the heart and spleen and supports those managing uric acid

⏱ 1 hr 1 pot

Soups

Purslane and Job's-Tears Barley Soup

Traditionally used to clear heat and resolve dampness

⏱ 40 min 2 bowls

Herbal & Flower Teas

Purple-Backed Gynura & Hawthorn Tea

Traditionally helps cut grease, ease food stagnation and refresh on hot days

⏱ 20 min About 4 bowls / 1 pot

Soups

Ginger, Scallion and Sugar Broth

Traditionally induces a light sweat and dispels wind-cold

⏱ 8 min 1 bowl

Soups

Mung Bean, Job's Tears and Lily Bulb Sweet Soup

Traditionally used to clear summer heat and calm the heart

⏱ 2 hr 2 bowls

Herbal & Flower Teas

Salted Kumquat Tea

Traditionally clears heat and is associated with soothing a sore, hoarse throat

⏱ 5 min 1 cup

Soups

Wheat Berry, Black Bean and Polygonum Vine Soup

traditionally used to calm the mind and support better sleep

⏱ 1 hr 40 min 2 bowls

Home-Style Dishes

Young Ginger and Sour Plum Braised Duck

traditionally associated with stimulating appetite, aiding digestion and relieving food stagnation

⏱ 1 hr 30 min 4–6 servings (from 1 whole duck)

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