Red Bean Soup with Sago

 

This simple traditional dessert is one of my favourite. You may serve it hot or chilled. I personally prefer it hot especially on a cold or rainy day. It just instantly warms the body. Red beans are quite heaty so don't eat it too often or else you may get a sore throat very easily.

Prep Time : 5 mins

Cooking Time : 30 mins

Yield : Serves 4 - 5

Ingredients :

• 1/2 packet red beans
• 6 - 8 pieces rock sugar
• 1 - 2 tbsp sago
• 1 knot pandan leaf
• 2 pcs dried orange skin (optional)

Method :

1. Soak the red beans for 1 hour, best overnight. This will enable faster cooking.
2. Boil 10 rice bowls of water in pot and add in the red beans and pandan leaf. Cook on high flame for 10 mins before turning it down to medium / low flame and continue cooking for 15 mins.
3. Boil the sago in a separate pot until it turns transparent. You may rinse the sago in cold water to remove the access starch, but it's not necessary.
4. When the red beans have turned soft, add in the rock sugar and sago, and cook for another 5 mins on medium / low flame.