A CLOSER LOOK
How to recognize it
Usually pale strips or chunks, with a sugary exterior and a softer centre. This is a sweetened preserved ingredient, not fresh winter melon.
In the kitchen
Chopped into the filling of wife cakes; it can also flavour sweet drinks.
Piece size and sweetness vary. Fresh winter melon and candied winter melon have different water and sugar contents and are not interchangeable in equal quantities.
Ask about this ingredient
这道菜里有糖冬瓜吗？
Does this dish contain Candied winter melon?
A few dishes to explore
These examples use this ingredient in typical or optional preparations. Open the dish to see the distinction; a restaurant’s recipe can differ.
