Sweet Green Bean Peanut Dessert
Lok Tau Sar
Preparation info
Makes
10
BowlsDifficulty
Easy
Appears in
Dim Sum
Published 2005
The texture of this classic sweet soup should be floury with coarsely broken beans.
Ingredients
| Green beans | |
| Rue (chau chou) | |
| Raw peanuts (groundnuts) | |
| Water | |
| Sago pearls | |
| Yellow (step) sugar (peen tong) | to taste |
Method
- Drain green beans and discard any skin that has been shed.
- Combine green beans, rue and peanuts in a clay pot and add enough water to cover them. Simmer over low heat for 2–3 hours until peanuts are soft. Add more water as it evaporates.
- Add sago pearls 20 minutes before end of cooking time. Stir sugar in 5 minutes before the end of cooking time.
- Serve hot.
© 2005 All rights reserved. Published by Marshall Cavendish.