Thursday, April 22, 2010

Azuki bean dessert soup


Lately I've been getting into dessert soups, which are common in Asian cooking. It's a great way to be healthy while satisfying your sweet tooth at the end of a meal. This soup is like zenzai, a Japanese azuki bean soup, except it has some Chinese and S.E. Asian influences as well with the dates/tangerine/coconut milk. You can easily add sticky rice or sticky rice balls to it for added texture contrast. You can also make this with mung beans.

Ingredients

1 cup raw azuki beans, soaked overnight
4-5 cups water
4 honey dates
2 pieces tangerine peel
handful of sliced almonds
1/3 cup coconut milk
sugar or honey to taste (optional)

Soak azuki beans overnight in water, then in a large pot combine beans, water, dates, tangerine peel, almonds and coconut milk. Simmer on low for 2-3 hours. Stir occasionally and add more water if needed. Turn off the heat and add sugar or honey to taste (optional).

1 comments:

MaryMoh said...

Mmmm...delicious. This is my favourite. My mom used to add some tice in it to cook together. It's filling and nutritious.