Sweet Water-Chestnut Soup Recipe

     Ingredients

  • Water chestnut (peeled and cubed) - 8 pieces

  • Ginseng roots - 10 grams

  • Red dates (seeded) - 18 pieces

  • White fungus (soaked) - 20 grams

  • Sweet almond - 5 grams

  • Gingko nuts (peeled) - 18 pieces

  • Wolfberries (ji zhi) - 1 teaspoon

  • Rock sugar - 200 grams

  • Pandan leaves (knotted) - 3 pieces

  • Water - 2 liters

 

Method

  • Bring 2 liters of water in a pot to boil, add red dates, ginseng roots, pandan leaves and simmer with low heat for 20 minutes.

  • Discard pandan leaves and ginseng root then add water chestnut, white fungus, gingko nuts, almonds and rock sugar. Continue to simmer for 20 minutes until gingko nuts become soft.

  • Add wolfberries to the soup and boil for another 5 minutes and this sweeten soup is ready to served. Soup can be served hot or chilled.

Most herbs and ingredients can be obtained from Chinese medical hall.

More Asian Deserts