Dashai soup is indeed a traditional Shurima dish, but this dish is not a home-cooked dish, but a travel dish - it is the dish that people who go out and walk in the desert most often taste.
The preparation of this dish is also very simple.
First, place a piece of naturally dried salt algae on the bottom of the pot, then peel and cut the sweet potato into pieces and lay it on top. Use barley to fill the gaps between the sweet potato pieces. Add some dried vegetables on top, and finally use water.
Submerge the vegetables, cover the pot, place on the gravel and wait for it to cook slowly.
Salina and sweet potato are both very cheap vegetables in Shurima. The former is similar to kelp, but thinner and wider. After being cut and dried, it is about the thickness of a page of paper; the latter is a plant tuber with a slight bitter taste.
, the outer skin has a scale-like structure that can completely lock in water.
Both salt algae and sand potatoes are extremely durable and are good companions for desert travel.
Following Kalya's instructions, Lacus and Ino chopped vegetables and added water. They were quickly prepared and placed the lidded pot on the hot gravel.
While the two of them were busy working inexpertly, the sun set.
As the last ray of sunlight disappeared, the temperature in the desert cooled down at an alarming rate.
Scarash, who was standing aside just now, took the initiative to approach Lux this time. He bent his knees, and after testing the temperature of the sand and soil here, he chose a place not far or near from the fire pit, and directly
Lie down on the ground.
Then, a pair of big eyes narrowed, and the mouth started chewing again.
Without Kalya's urging, Ino already realized what she was going to do. She came to Scarash, stretched out her hand to scratch its chin, and after it showed a satisfied expression, she grabbed its ears.
Ino planned to change the direction of Scarash to protect himself and Lux from the wind.
"Look at Ino!" Kalya would never give up this opportunity. "Look at you again. I know you are waiting for food here."
"Ah, yes, yes!" Lark waved his hand nonchalantly, "You are right - I don't know if it's my imagination, but your temper seems to be getting worse recently."
Lux's words made Kalya a little silent. After a long time, he finally sighed in an extremely artificial way.
"When children grow up, they start to resist."
This sudden arrogance almost reached Lux's waist. She directly thrust her sword into the sand beside her, glanced at the Void Staff, and finally stood up and went to discipline Scarash with Ino.
Went.
One of the two people scratched his chin, the other pulled his ears, and finally Skarashi, who had been lying on the ground, stood up slowly. After changing the direction, he fell to the ground again - this time, it was generous.
Their bodies blocked the cold wind at night, and when they returned to the fire pit, Lux and Ino felt that their bodies were much warmer.
After a while, the water in the pot began to boil, and a wonderful aroma filled the air.
After confirming to Kalya that the meal was ready, Lux opened the lid excitedly and then showed a puzzled expression.
"Did we add too little water? Or did we overcook it?" Lux looked at the half-solidified "thick soup" in the pot with some hesitation, and couldn't help but grin, "It smells good, but it always feels like it's not worthy of the name...
"
"This is a desert." Kalya explained helplessly, "You have Ino making ice around you, so there is no shortage of water - but for most people, water in the desert needs to be used sparingly. This is already considered a waste.
Soup!"
"oh……"
"Okay, try it quickly!" Kalya urged, "This dish used to be one of my favorite dishes!"
Hearing what Kalya said, Lax picked up a spoon, blew it gently, and stuffed it into her mouth.
The slightly bitter taste of the sweet potato and the salty taste of the salt algae are subtly combined, perfectly covering up each other's shortcomings and adding a subtle flavor. The salty algae that has absorbed the juice is very chewy, while the sweet potato is very chewy.
But soft and waxy, this classic combination made Lux's whole body shine.
Kalya is right!
It’s really delicious!
"Ino, you should try it too!"
"Well, it's really good..."
"Yes, yes, hey hey, this is my first time cooking with my own hands."
"Lux is indeed a genius!"
"..."
"..."
Just like that, Lacus and Ino took one spoonful at a time and quickly ate up half the pot of dashi soup.
After simply swiping the pot with ice water and tidying everything up, Lux and Ino dug a shallow pit not far from the fire pit and put both people's sleeping bags in it.
After walking twice around Scarash, who had closed his eyes, the two of them got into their own sleeping bags.
Lying on your back, you will see a bright starry sky.
Lux and Ino have not seen such a pure starry sky for many years.
In Ino's impression, the last time she saw such a sky was in Mithril City. At that time, she was a maid in a noble family. When she went home at the beginning of every month, her mother would always hold her hand.
, talking to her very late.
Mithril City is a plateau city in northern Demacia. There are no lights on the outskirts at night.
Every night at midnight, there is such a bright starry sky outside her window.
Several times, Ino wanted to know the names of those stars and the stories of those constellations. Unfortunately, as a peasant girl, she seemed destined not to have that opportunity.
Later, she left Mithril City and entered the Forbidden Demon Prison.
Later, she left Demacia and took a boat all the way to Piltover.
Along the way, she saw countless prosperity that she had never seen before, but she never saw such a pure starry sky again.
As for Lux, even if she went to Mithril City once, she didn't notice the beautiful starry sky there.
So, when they lay side by side in their sleeping bags and looked at the endless stars in the sky, the two of them even held their breath subconsciously.
"Karya!" Lux stretched one hand out of her sleeping bag and grabbed her sword directly, "Look, the starry sky!"
"Yes, the starry sky." Kalya also echoed, "There is no moon tonight... just in time to teach you how to identify the stars."
"...Don't we need to sleep?" Lux's emotion disappeared in this moment, "I'm already very tired."
"Didn't you realize that there is no tent in my shopping list?" Kalya laughed again, "During this trip, you must learn to sleep day and night, and sleep on Scarash's back.
Solve it!"
"???"
"The stars are bright and beautiful, but when you climb Mount Targon, it will be your most fatal test." Kalya said meaningfully, "Now, let's identify the most easily identifiable constellations in the Shurima sky.
...Well, let’s start with Pantheon’s constellation!”