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Dried red Dates and Chinese Wolfberries
Both dried red dates (on right) and Chinese wolfberries (on left) are very common ingredients used in Chinese cooking, especially in the preparation of soups - be they savory soups or sweet dessert soups.
Dried red dates, while supposedly able to “nourish” the blood, are also a great way to add natural sweetness to soups.
Dried Chinese wolfberries are said to help improve eyesight. They are also commonly used to treat anaemia, chronic coughs and lower back pain. They can be added to green tea – maybe half a handful – for a great-tasting drink. They can also be made into a marmalade with fresh orange peel. But most often, they are used, much like red dates, to give soups a natural sweetness.