Sweet red bean soup is the most common dessert in my family. There’s a famous sweet soup store near my home in Tainan, and I love its sweet red bean and green bean soup a lot since I was still studied in high school. I think the reason why I love it so much is because that it’s not only delicious but also partly my precious memory of hometown and simplicity.
The first one in my family decided to try to make the sweet soup himself is my father because he was recalcitrant and believed that he can also make red bean soup which is as perfect as the one sold in store. As a result, he bought a pack of red beans and started his experiments. During that time, we made and tasted it together. Although in the end the person who made it successfully was my mother, my father insisted that he was an important and essential assistant. However, no matter who was the person who made the soup, this dessert already become part of my family memories.
Actually this dessert is easy to make and good for health. Red beans contain lots of vitamin B and minerals. Green beans, in Chinese medicine, can reduce the accumulated poison and exhaust bad air in the body. Both of them are good for human and appropriate to hot summer.
Steps:
1. Wash the beans and pick up the bad or small one. Add water in a pan, the height of it should cover over the beans, and heat it by high flame until it boil.
2. After it boils, pour a cup of water and wait for boil again. Then discard all the soup in order to eliminate the dirt and mouth-puckering taste.
3. Pour water in it. The ratio of beans and water is 1:4 or 1:5(at your will). Heat it at high flame. When it boils, turn to low flame.
4. Keep stewing it. When the central part of bean starts to soften, add sugar. Then you can adjust the amount of sugar and decide the soften degree by yourself during the process.
This recipe is different from those traditional one, we don’t have to dip the beans for hours and, in fact, omit this step will preserve the fragrance and flavor of beans. You can add other ingredients like sweet potatoes, Job’s tears, or oats. No matter eat it when it’s still hot or become cool is really an enjoyment.
Your father seems to be a very nice and fun person^^...Anyway, is there anything that you felt it is a hassle while making? If there isn't, I think this is a great recipe to know since we only need red beans, sugar and water, and besides, it is good for our health. What's more, it can be served in both cold or hot so that we can eat it all year round!
回覆刪除One of the reason why i like it is also because that it can be served all year around. Besides red bean is good for women. Even my clumsy father became a professioner sweet red bean soup maker in my home, you must give a try. :)
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