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mung bean dessert soup

Mung Bean Dessert Soup

A dessert soup featuring simmered mung beans and brown sugar.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Servings: 6 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup dried mung beans with skin on
  • 4 quarts water
  • 3/4 cups brown sugar
  • 1 tsp freshly grated orange zest

Method
 

  1. Wash mung beans to remove any impurities. Then place into a large pot. Add water and orange zest. Turn heat on high until it starts to bubble. Then set fire to low and allow to simmer for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until the beans and softened and have started to come apart.
  2. At the end of cooking, add in brown sugar.
  3. Serve hot or cold.