Sweet soup 糖水
Mung bean and kelp sweet soup
海帶綠豆沙hoi2 daai3 luk6 dau2 saa1
Traditionally eaten to clear heat. Best in hot, dry or "heaty" spells. Mung beans and kelp are both cold.
Good for The classic summer cooler, traditionally believed to clear heat and toxins.
- 10 minprep
- 1 h 30 mincook
- 6servings
- One potSummer
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Ingredients
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- 2 quarts2 LWater
Method
- Soak the mung beans for 2 hours. Soak the kelp and cut in thin strips.
- Boil everything except the sugar, then simmer 1 hour until the beans are soft.
- Stir in the rock sugar. Serve warm or chilled.
Who should go easy
Not for people who run cold or have loose stools. Kelp is high in iodine; go easy with thyroid issues.
Traditional Chinese food therapy, not medical advice. Ask your doctor if you are pregnant, on medication or unwell.
Ingredient natures from Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022), Me & Qi herb database. How we judge a soup’s nature.
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