Mung Bean Soup (绿豆汤)
11/04/2025
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Mung Bean Soup, known as 绿豆汤 (Lǜ Dòu Tāng), is the ultimate summer drink! Why not swap your milk tea for this refreshing and healthy dessert? It’s incredibly delicious, super hydrating, and perfect for cooling down on a hot day.
Why You Should Try It
Why You Should Try It
The perfect summer dessert—refreshing and hydrating 🍃
Cools the body and reduces heatiness 🔥
Light, naturally sweet, and super easy to make!
Soft mung beans + chewy rice balls = a match made in heaven!
Making It Yourself!
Making It Yourself!
Ingredients:
1 cup mung beans
6 cups water
4–6 tablespoons rock sugar (adjust to taste)
1 pandan leaf (optional, for added fragrance)
1/4 cup sago pearls (optional, for a chewy texture)
Coconut milk (optional, for creaminess)
Instructions:
Rinse the adzuki beans and soak them in water for at least 2 hours (or overnight for a softer texture).
Drain the beans and place them in a pot with 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil.
Lower the heat and simmer for about 45 minutes to an hour, until the beans are soft.
Add rock sugar and dried tangerine peel, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
If desired, stir in coconut milk for a creamier texture.
If you like, add glutinous rice balls or sago pearls for a chewy contrast.
Serve warm or chilled and enjoy!
A Personal Memory
A Personal Memory
When the heat got bad, my grandma would make mung bean soup. I loved watching her drop the sago pearls into the pot—little white beads that turned soft and clear as they cooked. The whole house would smell like sweet beans, and she’d let it simmer(boil gently) forever, stirring slowly.
Nothing compares to that taste—the taste of home. The packet stuff from Chinatown? It tastes like nothing.
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