Sweet Pinenut Cream Soup

Name: Sweet Pinenut Cream Soup (Sung tzu chih ma hu)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ cup black sesame seeds (or white); ½ cup black sesame seeds (or white); 2 cups water; 3 tablespoons milk; 4 cups hot water; 3 tablespoons pine nut seeds; 5 tablespoons cornstarch; 6 tablespoons sugar

Sung tzu chih ma hu

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

½ cup black sesame seeds (or white)
2 cups water
3

Asia
Taiwan
Chekiang
Kiangsu
Shanghai
Soup
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Wash sesame seeds, then dry. Put sesame seeds in dry frying pan, stir-fry for about 1 minute. Remove and let cool.
Deep-fry pine seeds in warm oil until golden brown (about 3 minutes). Remove and place on paper, let cool.
Put sesame seeds into blender, add 2 cups water, and blend until very fine. Pour into sauce pan.
Pour 4 cups hot water an