Sweet-and-Sour Sesame Chilled Jelly

Sweet-and-Sour Sesame Chilled Jelly

　　Sweet-and-Sour Sesame Chilled Jelly

　　Sweet-and-Sour Sesame Chilled Jelly is a traditional summer snack from Tongren. Unlike the richly garnished Guiyang-style chilled jelly, the Tongren version is simple yet offers a pure and distinctive flavor. Its main ingredients include: chilled jelly seeds (also known as chilled jelly beans), alkaline water, lime water, white (or red) sugar, aromatic vinegar, and sesame, among others.

　　The chilled jelly seeds are placed in a cloth bag and kneaded in a mixture of alkaline water, lime water, and cold water in specific proportions, triggering a chemical reaction that produces the jelly. The result is a milky-white, crystal-clear dessert that is smooth, refreshing, subtly fragrant, sweet and tangy, cool and soothing, quenching thirst and relieving heat — loved by both young and old.