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Asian Recipe - Sweet Black Sesame Soup

April 9, 2008 on 3:50 am | In Dessert Recipes |

This is a free online recipe for making sweet Black Sesame Soup. It is a Cantonese Chinese dessert that is quite popular in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Singapore and Malaysia. The Mandarin name of this Chinese Dessert is call Zi Ma Wu.

It is very nice, but can be quite ‘heaty’. So it should be taken with some moderation, lest you want a sour throat.

For this dessert, we will need the following ingredients

1 bowl of black sesame seeds

1 bowl of rice

Plain water

1/2 a cup of granulated sugar

The following is the instruction method:
1. Firstly, we will need to prepare the rice. Soak the rice in cold water. Do so for about 60 minutes. After that, drain off some of the water.
2. Next, in a pan, stir roast the black sesame seeds. Adjust the fire to a medium low heat. Do so for a few minutes until fragrance comes out. Now take away the black sesames and let them cool.
3. Now we need to grind the black sesames into a powder. You can use a blender or use the traditional pounder to grind them.

4. Once fully grounded, pour in 1/2 bowl of water. Stir and grind mixing them into a nice paste.

5. Now let go back to the soaked rice. Turn the heat and boil it. Onced boiled, lower the temperature to medium.

6. Next add the grounded sesame paste into the soaked rice water. Stir to mix well. Finally, put in the granulated sugar and stir to mix well.

Continue to medium heat until the soup becomes thicken. This should take about 5 to 10 minutes.

Once done, the Black Sesame soup is ready.

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