Description
Oatmeal instead of boba in 'Lü Dou Tang (sweet mung bean soup)' used to survive Taiwan's harsh summers. The ultimate combo for cooling heat and supplying fiber.
Restaurants serving Mung Bean Oatmeal Soup
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The Recipe section below is a general reference, not a recipe from the listed shops.
Recipe
Ingredients
- Oatmeal(Yanmai)
- Green beans(Mung beans)
- Rock sugar(or Brown sugar)
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Soak green beans (mung beans) overnight, simmer in a pot for ~
- hr until fluffy.
- Add rock sugar (or brown sugar), finish as a gently sweet soup.
- Add oatmeal, boil another
- mins to soften grains.
- Cool, chill ice-cold in fridge to finish (delicious warm too).
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Rustic sweet aroma feeling the earth from green beans
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Job's tears (as Yi Ren Yanmai Tang to boost beauty effects further)
Pairing
(As post-meal dessert or daytime hydration)
Trivia
[For Health Conscious] In Chinese medicine, 'green beans' expel trapped body heat and detoxify. A sweet existing like barley tea, always in Taiwan summer fridges. Adding oatmeal drastically improves satiety; as a snack, perfectly prevents binge eating during diets.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Pour unsweetened almond milk (or soy milk), making mellow 'Green Bean Oatmeal Milk' to slurp with a straw!
Allergen
Wheat (Oatmeal)