How to Make Tanghulu: The Perfect Crunchy Candied Fruit Recipe: Tanghulu recipe is very famous as most popular street food. Tanghulu is a Chinese recipe. Every street in China makes this recipe. These tanghulu are lollipop-like in appearance.
The famous Chinese tanghulu recipe requires only three ingredients and is extremely crunchy.
Let’s see in this post how many ingredients are needed for this famous Chinese recipe, how much they should be used, how to prepare it, how much sugar level to add and how to make it easily at home. Let’s see what Tanghulu really is?
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What is Tanghulu?
Tanghulu is a traditional Chinese snack made with sugar syrup and a mixture of different fruits (strawberry, orange, grapes etc.). These mashed fruits are also known as tanghulu or bingtanghulu.
Tanghulu is not only the state food of Chinese but it is also known as street food and is eaten fondly in Asia. This recipe is mostly made with berries, oranges and grapes. And it also be made with other fruits.
This recipe is famous for its delicious crunch. A thin and unsweetened batter is poured over the fruit and skewered in the center of the bottom.
Tanghulu Recipe Ingredients:
First, get the ingredients needed for Tanguturi recipe and keep it aside. See what they are below.
Different fruits: i.e. strawberry, grapes, orange, and any fruit you like can be used. The reason I mentioned these three fruits is because they are mostly used in Tanghulu recipe.
Skewers: These are useful for dipping in syrup and holding the fruit to eat.
Sugar: This sugar adds a thin coating to the fruit because it is boiled into a drink and also gives us a sweet experience before biting into the fruit.
Water: Water is used to dissolve sugar and turn it into a syrup.
How to make tanghulu recipe in simple steps
Tanguturu recipe is very tasty and also has a crunch while eating. This is a simple recipe that you can easily make at home. This recipe is done in 4-5 simple steps.
While making the Tanghulu recipe we need the skewers to be long. This is because the hands should be kept some distance from the fruit while dipping the fruit in the syrup.
Some people are asking how to make a Tanghulu recipe without corn syrup? Also some people are asking how to know how hot it is without a thermometer?
Now let’s see how to make a Tanghulu recipe without corn syrup and a thermometer.
Step-1 First collect the fruits and keep them with you e.g Grapes, Grapes, Berries, Oranges whatever you like collect that fruit.
Step-2 After collection, remove the leaves, stems and peel of the fruits, wash them well in fresh water and dry them completely after washing.Because the sugar syrup does not stick to them completely.
Step-3 Take each fruit and skewer up to three fruits per 1 skewer, whatever you like make sure it doesn’t go beyond the middle of the fruit.
One can take the same kind of fruit or one after the other, another fruit can be taken and pierced on the skewers. After pinched like this, keep it aside.
Step-4 To make Tanghulu, start by preparing the sugar syrup. Take a bowl, place it on medium heat, and add 300 ml of water along with 200 grams of sugar.
And also add corn syrup in it. But you didn’t have corn syrup is no problem. We can make tanghulu recipe without corn syrup is also very good tasty.
Do not stir after adding the sugar, as this can prevent the syrup from forming properly. Let the mixture boil naturally for about 15-20 minutes until it thickens.
To check if the syrup is ready, use a thermometer to see if it has reached 300°F (150°C), or look for a light golden-brown color if you don’t have a thermometer.
Step-5 Once the syrup is ready, bring the syrup a side in a bowl and dip your fruit skewers one by one, rotating them to get an even candy coating.
Step-6 Place the coated fruit on parchment paper and allow the sugar shell to harden completely.
In just a few minutes, your Tanghulu will be perfectly crispy. Enjoy this crunchy, sweet treat, and try experimenting with different fruits for a fun and delicious snack!