I'm a fan of Red Bean Sweet Soup aka 'Hoong Tau Sar' but this time I added in some bits of Chinese New Year 'Nian ko' on the recommendation of a friend. I'm glad that I've found another way to make use of this 'Nian ko' other than the usual way of deepfrying them with sweet potato and taro. This is a delicious dessert which can be served at any time of the day and I enjoy mine, served warm!
Recipe for Red Bean Sweet Soup with 'Nian Ko' ~ 红豆年糕糖水
Ingredients
- 300 gm red beans
- 100 gm 'nian ko', cut into cubes (not freshly made 'nian ko')
- 30 gm dried longan
- 2.1/2 to 3 lt of water, as desired
- 5 pcs of dried mandarin orange skin
- Rock sugar to taste
Method
- Wash the red beans, cook them in a pot with 2.1/2 lt of water, add in the dried mandarin orange skins.
- When the red beans are soft, add in the rock sugar and the dried longan. Fine tune to desired taste.
- Mix in the 'nian ko' cubes and turn off the heat. Let the 'nian ko' soften a little.
- Ladle onto bowls to serve.
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This is new to me. I like red bean and I like nian ko. It sounds good to me to mix them tog so I can double like! Thanks Cheah, but I have to wait till CNY to buy the nian ko first.
ReplyDeleteGive this a try, I love the chewy nian ko in the tong sui!
DeleteCheah, You're very creative, adding nian gao in the red bean soup. Sounds so unique and delicious.
ReplyDeleteJust need to finish up the nian ko and a friend gave me the idea.
Deleteit looks and sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteThank you and thanks for dropping by!
DeleteHow creative! I love the add of nian gao!
ReplyDeleteCome next CNY, try to make this.
DeleteI had no idea it's sweet soup until I read it :) I haven't had sweet soup since I was a kid :)
ReplyDeleteSweet soup for dessert and snack is a very Asian thing.
DeleteWhat a brilliant idea to use nian ko this way. I like it! ^.^
ReplyDeleteA good friend gave me the idea!
DeleteHi Cheah, this sounds really delicious! The addition of nian ko is quite interesting and definitely creative. Will probably give it a try when I get my hands on some nian ko. Thanks for sharing it to BREE!
ReplyDeleteYou're more than welcome.
DeleteI like red bean soup, but adding in nian ko is the first for me, an addition of a chewy texture in the soup sounds yummy! A pity here confirm don't have nian ko, so I'd have to wait until I go back to SG then I can try this!
ReplyDeleteYes, then make it an excuse to return to SG for the next CNY!
DeleteYummy. I like it very much.
ReplyDeletehey...that's a new idea..would like to try that next time. Thx!
ReplyDeleteThis year I made a lot of Nian Ko I don't know how to use them, It's great with this recipe I use them for this,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your idea.
Amanda Lu
I think this is similar to Japanese 'zenzai'. I love it when I was little and I still do but try not to have it too often for diet reason. I get craving when I see the photo of zenzai in magazine or someone's blog...ha ha ha. Looks so tempting!
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