It’s tradition. On the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, people prepare a sweet soup like this for the family. It signifies the end of the new year celebration. What a sweet end!!! Normally it’s just the rice balls, but I though, why not spice it up with some other traditional sweet things, and end up with this wonderful sweet soup. Enjoy!!!
A Ingredients
Lotus seed, dried ½ cup
Mung bean, dried ¼ cup
Red bean, dried ¼ cup
Big red bean, dried ¼ cup
Pearl barley, dried 2 tablespoon
Red dates, dried 6 pieces
B Ingredients
Ginger slices 5 slices
Rock sugar to taste
Frozen rice balls 2 packages
Directions:
1. Soak all A ingredients in water for 2-3 hours, drain. Put the drained ingredients into a soup pot with the ginger slices; add enough water to come up about 2 inches above the ingredients. Bring the water to a boil, turn down the heat to a simmer, cook until tender, about 25-35 minutes. Add the rock sugar at the end.
2. Do not turn the heat up too high or else all the ingredients will be too mushy.
3. Heat up enough water in another soup pot until boiling, place the frozen rice balls into the boiling water. Cook until it comes up on the surface of the soup, cook an additional couple of minutes.
4. Scoop up the rice balls into an individual soup bowl, top with the sweet soup, serve steaming hot!!!
Serving: 6
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