Every Way To Make Tanghulu

hawthorn berries

🥗Healthier: strawberries

💰Cheaper: grapes

Strawberries offer a similar taste and texture, while grapes are often less expensive.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides natural sweetness, while brown sugar can be more affordable.

Introduce tang hulu as a snack from northern China, mentioning the fun of making it.

Discuss the traditional use of hawthorn berries but state that any fruit can be used.

Prepare various fruits including strawberries, grapes, kiwis, mini bananas, and exotic fruits like rambutan and lychee.

Cut open fruits like pink pineapple and dragon fruit to prepare them for tang hulu.

Score the edges of the grapefruit or pomelo and remove the skin to use the segments for tang hulu.

Peel the skin off the mini bananas to prepare them for tang hulu.

Use the entire kiwi for tang hulu since the skin is edible.

Open the sprouted coconut and describe its unique texture, deciding not to use it for tang hulu.

Prepare the sugar mixture by combining 6 cups of sugar and 3 cups of water in a saucepan.

Turn the heat to high or medium-high and let the sugar dissolve without stirring.

Once dissolved, swirl the pan gently to mix the sugar and water.

Cook the mixture until it reaches the hard crack stage, indicating it's ready for dipping the fruits.

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