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Chinese Recipe : Walnut Tea

Ingredients:

• 2 cups shelled walnuts
  
• ½ cup uncooked rice, soaked in water overnight
  
• 6 Chinese red dates, boiled, skinned and seeded
  
• 2 cups sugar
  
• 7 cups water

Directions:

1. Blanch walnuts in boiling water for 10 minutes and remove skins.
2. Grind walnuts, rice an dates together in a mortar or mixer, adding 1 cup water a little at a time while grinding, so that result will be a paste.
3. Add 3 cups water to paste, mix well, and squeeze out liquid through a muslin bag.
4. Add remaining 3 cups water and 2 cups sugar to this liquid and cook in deep saucepan for 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Serve hot in tea cups.

Note: Rice flour may be substituted in equivalent amount for rice. Dates may be omitted.