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Asian Dessert Recipe - Cheng Tng

March 22, 2008 on 5:55 am | In Dessert Recipes |

This is a free online recipe for Cheng Tng. Cheng Tng can also be spelled as Cheng Teng. It is an Asian dessert that is popular in Malaysia and Singapore. It means ‘cooling soup’ in Chinese.

For this recipe, we will need the following ingredients :

1. 50 grams white fungus

2. 50 grams fresh gingko nuts

3. 50 grams dried lily buls

4. 30 grams large sago

5. 30 grams dried LianZi

6. 10-15 pieces of red dates

7. 30 grams dried logan meat

8. some rock sugar

9. A pot of water

Method and instructions:

1. Firstly, we will need to prepared the white fungus, Lianzi and lily buls. All three need to be washed and soaked overnight. After that, we will need to break the white fungus into smaller pieces.

2. Remove the shell from the gingko nuts.

3. Put the lily buls, red dates, lianzi and gingko nuts into the pot of water. Let the water boil.

4. Once the water boils, it is time to add in the logan and white fungus.

5. The water will take a while to boil again. Once it is boiling, turn the heat lower for slower boiling. We let this slow boiling for about 1/2 hour to 45 minutes.

6. After that introduce the sago and rock sugar into the pot. Leave it to boil for about 15 minutes more.

7. The Lianzi is the hardest of the ingredients and will take a while to become softer. Once the Lianzi has sufficently soften, the Cheng Tng is ready for serving.

OK, that is all for the free online recipe for this Asian dessert. It is a popular favourite and I am sure you will like it.