- How I Feel About This Chinese Sweet Mung Bean Soup
- Story Behind the Mung Bean
- Original Name
- Cooking Tips
- Cooking Time
- Ingredients to Make Chinese Sweet Mung Bean Soup
- Food
- Seasonings
- How to Make Chinese Sweet Mung Bean Soup
- Preparation
- Cooking
How I Feel About This Chinese Sweet Mung Bean Soup
That's the kind of dessert I would eat every summer. It clears heat and detoxifies in Chinese medicine theory. When I was young, I drank sweet mung bean for acne treatment. It tastes even better after cooling.
Story Behind the Mung Bean
Mung beans as a crop have been in China for more than two thousand years. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, mung beans were introduced into China from Southeast Asia. At the end of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Qu Yuan's Book "Li Sao" also mentioned mung beans. Until the Tang Dynasty, "King of Medicine" Sun Simiao thought that mung beans were a"treatment of cold and heat, to stop dysentery, diarrhea, urination". Then the mung bean soup is created and spread.
Original Name
- Translated English Name: Chinese Sweet Mung Bean / Green BeanSoup
- Original Chinese Pronunciation: Lv Dou Tang 绿豆汤
Note: You may use the Chinese name to order in China because the translated English name of the dishes might be different in every restaurant.
Cooking Tips
- Turn the heat to a minimum to cook the mung bean soup
- Leave some space for a pot cover to prevent the soup from overflow
- The longer time it cooks, the softer mung bean would be and soup would be clody
Cooking Time
Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Ingredients to Make Chinese Sweet Mung Bean Soup
Serving: 3
Food
Mung Bean/ Green Bean — 160g/5.6oz
Water — 1.5L
Seasonings
Rock Sugar — 50g/1.8oz
How to Make Chinese Sweet Mung Bean Soup
Preparation
1. Wash and clean all the mung beans. Check if there is dirt or damaged mung beans and throw them out.
2. Prepare 50g rock sugar.
Cooking
1. Put mung beans, rock sugar and water into a stockpot. Turn the heat to boil the mung bean soup.
2. After the mung bean soup is boiling, turn the heat to a minimum to simmer the mung soup for around 30 minutes.
3. It's done. Easy right? Now you are ready to try your sweet mung bean soup. It even tastes better after refrigerated.
