Chinese Mung Bean Dessert recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup mung beans
water to cover
2 pieces rock candy
½ cup uncooked white rice
2 tablespoons pearl barley, rinsed

Nutrition Info

393.8 calories
carbohydrate: 78 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 1.4 g
fiber: 12.1 g
protein: 17.8 g
saturatedFat: 0.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 26.9 mg
sugar: 2.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place mung beans in a bowl and cover with several inches of cool water, soak for 1 hour. Drain.

  2. Transfer mung beans to a small saucepan, cover with water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer until mung beans open up, about 1 hour. Stir in rock sugar until dissolved.

  3. Combine mung beans, rice, and barley in a saucepan. Add 8 times the volume in water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, until rice and barley are soft, about 20 minutes.

Recipe Yield

2 servings

Recipe Note

This is a deliciously different dessert, made by simmering together mung beans, pearl barley, white rice, and rock sugar. This dish is also great as a snack.

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