SNOW FUNGUS AND LONGAN SWEET SOUP

This is a popular Chinese sweet soup (糖水), longan and snow fungus. The basic ingredients are dried longan, snow fungus and rock sugar. Some people like to add red dates, lotus seeds, ginkgo nuts and Chinese almonds. This sweet soup can be served warm or chilled,
The Chinese blieve that this sweet soup nourishes and moistens the lungs.
It relieves dryness and reduces heat in our body.