Purple Dessert Soup
I showed my mom a picture of this delicious-looking dessert soup and my mom suddenly wanted to make it today... I just love how vibrant the colors are without any food coloring whatsoever! This is what you call 100% natural - not to mention simple.
Purple Yam/Sweet Potato Dessert Soup
[adapted from here]
INGREDIENTS
3 medium-sized (~ 3 cups) Purple Yams/Sweet Potatoes, steamed and cubed with the skin on
4 - 5 TBSP of Sugar, or to taste
2 cups of Milk
Tang Yuan using roughly 1/2 pound of Glutinous Rice Flour
INSTRUCTIONS
Drop in the sweet potatoes into a blender along with the milk, as well as sugar to taste. Blend on high for a minute or until it reaches the preferred consistency and pour into a serving bowl. Add sugar and milk as needed. It should make between 4 to 5 cups of the 'soup.'
Drop in the cooked tang yuan into the soup and serve.
COMMENTS/NOTES
Purple Yam/Sweet Potato Dessert Soup
[adapted from here]
INGREDIENTS
3 medium-sized (~ 3 cups) Purple Yams/Sweet Potatoes, steamed and cubed with the skin on
4 - 5 TBSP of Sugar, or to taste
2 cups of Milk
Tang Yuan using roughly 1/2 pound of Glutinous Rice Flour
INSTRUCTIONS
Drop in the sweet potatoes into a blender along with the milk, as well as sugar to taste. Blend on high for a minute or until it reaches the preferred consistency and pour into a serving bowl. Add sugar and milk as needed. It should make between 4 to 5 cups of the 'soup.'
Drop in the cooked tang yuan into the soup and serve.
COMMENTS/NOTES
- Technology does make everything much easier. Everything wasn't quite measured so don't take everything like it's set in stone. I ended up with roughly 4 1/2 cups of the soup after blending. Like usual, I used evaporated cane sugar. I used roughly half of the 1 pound bag of glutinous rice flour when making the tang yuan as well as around 2 TBSP of matcha powder; be sure to taste it in case it needs more sugar. You can serve it either warm or cold, but I had it cool.
- The taste of the soup is subtly sweet, yet smooth and creamy - sort of like liquid ice cream but about a hundred times healthier. The tang yuan gave it a little something extra to chew on instead of just sip, sip, sip. It was a simple and healthy dessert and most delicious.