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Sweet Potato & Ginger Soup
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Sweet Potato & Ginger Soup Recipe
This sweet potato & ginger soup recipe is extra spiced and warming, which is great for colder or rainy days.
Ingredients:
- 400g sweet potato 番薯 (orange and/or yellow flesh) peeled & cut to large chunks
- 2 tbsp granulated black/brown sugar (黑糖) see note below
- 60g old or Bentong ginger lightly smashed; optional: put it into a disposable soup pouch
- 15 (about 20g) dried longan (干龙眼)
- 4 pandan leaves tied into a knot
- 1 litre water top up more if needed
- 1 tsp pure ginger powder optional; to taste
Directions:
Place all the ingredients except ginger powder in a large soup pot. Bring to a boil, then simmer with a small lid vent opening for 15-20 minutes, until the sweet potato is just softened but still holding its shape. Add ginger powder, if using, to make the soup extra spiced & warming. Discard pandan and ginger before serving.
Cooking Notes:
- Don’t over boil the sweet potatoes (not exceeding 20 minutes) as they will turn mushy and disintegrate into the soup.
- Brown Sugar. For best results, use black sugar (more fragrant) in granulated form (makes measurement easier). Examples are jaggery sugar (what I used), coconut sugar or gula melaka.
- Ginger. Use old ginger (more spicy) or Bentong ginger for this recipe.
- ‘Secret’ Ingredient. The pure ginger powder adds extra spice to the soup, making it more delicious, warming and also aiding in dispelling wind in the tummy.
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Very nutritious and tasty! I love longan meat :-)
Where did u get that cute looking pot? Mind to share? :)
Hi, I bought it from Taobao and the brand is “Little Pumpkin”.
Sweet potatoes do not keep me full for long leh…..:( I think the orange-flesh sweet potato is more suitable for such desserts? When roasted, they do not have a nice and dense texture compared to those yellow-flesh Taiwan/Japanese ones.
Your cute and dainty slow-cooker is attracting lots of attention :p I also like it but I don’t think can buy from Taobao here.
This was a 1kg bag of North Carolina sweet potatoes I tried for the first time. You are right, not sweet at all. Me too, I prefer the taste of Japanese sweet potatoes!