Mung Bean Soup
Cook mung beans until they split open, sweeten with sugar, and chill. Served cold, it is a refreshing summer drink that cools the body and quenches thirst.
Ingredients
mung beans (washed, with debris, sand grains, and shriveled beans removed)
to taste
water
plenty
white cane sugar (added after the mung beans bloom)
to taste
Instructions
1
Cook the beans
Add water to the washed mung beans and bring to a vigorous boil on high heat, cooking until the mung beans have fully bloomed and the broth turns a pale dark green.
2
Sweeten and chill
Add the white cane sugar, let cool to room temperature, then ladle into bowls and place in the freezer until chilled.
