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Step 2: Begin by prepping white beans. Rinse thoroughly, remove any damaged beans, soak overnight for 4 to 5 hours. After soaking, wash the beans again, put them in a pot, add cold water, simmer until soft. To save time, you can use a pressure cooker. When the beans are cooked, discard the cooking water, transfer the beans to a sieve to drain.
Step 3: Now, prepare the coconut milk by dissolving starch in a bit of filtered water. Add coconut milk, dissolved starch, salt, and sugar to a small pot, place it on the stove, simmer until the coconut milk thickens, then turn off the heat.
Step 4: After soaking glutinous rice, let it drain. Pour the glutinous rice into a pot, add about two handfuls of cold water, bring to a boil. Occasionally stir with a large wooden spoon to prevent the rice from sticking to the bottom of the pot, boil until the rice grains burst open, then add white sugar to the pot, the amount of sugar depends on your preference for sweetness.
Step 5: To continue making white bean sweet soup, add the beans and simmer while stirring. Simmer on low heat to allow the beans to absorb the sugar. Simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes, taste and adjust the sugar according to your preference, simmer until the glutinous rice is slightly thickened, then turn off the heat.
So, here you have completed the white bean sweet soup in a pot. Let it cool for the sweet soup to thicken, scoop it into a bowl, and start enjoying this enticing dish with a layer of coconut milk on top.
2. Guide to making white bean sweet soup with an electric rice cooker
Ingredients for making white bean sweet soup with an electric rice cooker:
- White beans: 400 g
- Glutinous rice: 200 g
- Sugar: 200 g (add 50 g more if you like it sweeter)
- Salt: 2 g
- Filtered water: 1300 g
- Pandan leaves: 5 stalks
With the above ingredients, use a 4-liter electric rice cooker. If the cooker is smaller, reduce the amount of ingredients accordingly.
Guide on how to make white bean sweet soup with an electric rice cooker
Step 1: Clean the white beans and put them in a pot with water until the beans are soft. Then scoop out the beans, rinse them once in water to clean, and be gentle to avoid crushing the beans.
Step 2: Make sweet soup
- Put the beans in the electric rice cooker. Clean the glutinous rice and add salt, mix well, then spread it over the beans.
- Pour water into the pot, tie the pandan leaves and put them in, then close the lid and start cooking.
- Push the cooking button until the pot switches to the keep-warm mode, open the lid, remove the pandan leaves, stir the soup a bit, and it's done.
***Note:
- Some rice cookers have a very short cooking time and switch to keep-warm mode before the glutinous rice becomes soft. If you want to continue making white bean sweet soup with an electric rice cooker, use something small to insert into the cooking button to keep it in the 'cooking' position and continue the remaining steps as instructed above.
- For electronic rice cookers, select the porridge cooking mode and start cooking until the pot switches to keep-warm mode, open the lid, remove the pandan leaves, give the soup a quick stir, and it's done. With this porridge cooking feature, our glutinous rice will be wonderfully soft!
So, here we have completed the white bean sweet soup made with an electric rice cooker. This dessert is best enjoyed warm. If you don't finish it all, store it in the fridge. When ready to eat, reheat it to bring back the softness of the beans.
3. How to make sweet white bean soup with creamy taro
Ingredients for making sweet white bean soup with taro
- Taro: 300g
- White beans: 200g
- Sugar: 200g
- Tapioca starch: 1/2 cup
- Vanilla: 1-2 tubes
- Coconut cream: 200ml (can be replaced with grated coconut)
- Salt: 1 teaspoon
How to make sweet white bean soup with taro
Step 1: Clean the white beans, then soak them in water overnight for about 6 hours to allow them to swell and soften.
Step 2: Peel the taro, cut it into bite-sized squares, then soak it in a diluted saltwater solution for about 20 minutes to clean bacteria and residue from the taro.
Step 3: After soaking, drain the taro, then steam until fully cooked.
Step 4: Place a pot on the stove, pour in coconut cream, tapioca starch, a bit of sugar, and salt, and simmer over low heat. Stir well until the coconut cream thickens.
Step 5: Add white beans and taro to the same pot, pour in enough water, then simmer until both beans and taro are tender. Add sugar according to your sweet preference.
So, here you have completed the sweet white bean soup with taro. Let it cool a bit before serving, then scoop the dessert into a bowl and top it with coconut cream to start savoring the rich and tempting flavor.
With these sweet, velvety, hearty, and rich white bean soup recipes, I wish you success in preparing them and enjoying delicious meals.
