Taro has a high nutritional value. The starch content in the tubers reaches 70%. It can be used as both food and vegetables. It is a tonic for all ages and young. It is a treasure of vegetarian food in autumn. Taro is also rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, carotene, niacin, vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, saponin and other ingredients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that taro is sweet, spicy and flat in nature and enters the intestines and stomach. It has the effects of nourishing the stomach, broadening the intestines, relaxing the bowels and resolving masses, replenishing the middle and nourishing the liver and kidney, and replenishing the essence and marrow. It has a certain effect on assisting in the treatment of dry stools, goiter, scrofula, mastitis, insect bites and bee stings, intestinal worms, acute arthritis and other diseases. However, you should be careful not to rub or apply it to healthy skin, otherwise it will cause dermatitis. Once this happens, you can use ginger juice to gently scrub.
There are many ways to make taro, salty and sweet, and ever-changing. Osmanthus sugar taro soup is ruddy in color and sweet in the mouth. It is the first choice for tonic in autumn and winter.
Osmanthus sugar taro
By JaydenKiehn
Recipe Recommendations
- Taro appropriate amount
- sugar Osmanthus appropriate amount
- lotus root starch appropriate amount
- rock sugar appropriate amount
- edible alkali appropriate amount
- sweetening
- cook
- an hour
- ordinary
Steps for Osmanthus sugar taro

1
Wash the taro and cook for 5 minutes.
2
Peel the taro.
3
Cut into small pieces, pour into casserole, add water.
4
Cover and cook.
5
Sweet osmanthus sugar, rock sugar, and edible alkali are ready.
6
After ten minutes, the soup begins to thicken and alkali is added.
7
The color began to darken.
8
Ten minutes later, add rock sugar.
9
Mix half a packet of lotus root starch with boiling water.
10
Put lotus root starch into the pan and cook for two minutes.
11
sweetened osmanthus.
12
Cook for another 5 minutes.