Tau Suan (Mung Bean Sweet Soup)

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Ingredients:

  • 250 gm dry split mung beans
  • 4 pandan leaves (cut into 3 inches long)
  • 16 pandan leaves (tied into a knot)
  • 200 gm of sugar
  • 6 cups of water
  • 2/3 cup of sweet potato flour mixed with 1/3 cup of water
  • 2 tbsp of olive oil


Preparation:

  • Soak mung beans in water for 2 hours.  Drain. 
  • Spread half of mung beans onto a plate.  Top with the loose pandan leaves.  Add on remaining beans.
  • Steam mung beans over boiling water for 10 minutes.  Remove pandan leave from beans once done. 
  • Put sugar into a pot.  Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of water.  Cook over medium-high heat. swirling to ensure even browning.
  • Once sugar is lightly coloured, lower heat and continue to brown sugar.
  • Turn off heat, add 6 cups of water and knotted pandan leaves.
  • Turn on heat and bring to boil for 10 minutes.
  • Adjust sweetness as necessary.  
  • Lower heat. Drizzle in sweet potato starch and keep stirring.
  • Once the desired consistency is reached, stir in mung beans, taking care not to over cook the beans.
  • Serve wth youtiao.