Dried Longan Tea or Geng Geng Teh

Dried Longan Tea or Geng Geng Teh

Dried Longan is a seedless longan. After it is sundried, it turn hard and brownish. To extract the goodness of the dried longan, boil in water till it soften and add sugar for taste. The quick and easy way to enjoy this Penang dessert is, one can boil it in heavy rock sugar syrup and refrigerate it. When cook in rock sugar, it can be preserved longer and it keeps well in the refrigerator. Also the sweetness from rock sugar produces a distinct clear sweetness.

When added with ginger and plumped raisin, one can drink it to get rid of wind (angin) in our body.
For a new mother, we will prepare dried longan, pitted red dates and Tong Kui called Ang Cho Teh (Longan and Red Dates Tea). Throughout the confinement month, to substitute for drinking water, this pleasant Penang Dessert drink helps her in maintaining general well being. It is said to increase the flow of milk in a breast feeding mother. Tong Kui, known as poor man's ginseng plays a role in enhancing blood circulation.
This dried longan soup or tea is also base for another sweet Penang Dessert called See Koe Th'ng