Qing Bu Liang (Hainan Sweet Coconut Soup)
Sweets that represent the tropical night market! "Eat Medicated Coconut Milk"
Description
The signature cold dessert of Hainan. 'Qing Bu Liang' means 'clear heat, supplement nutrition, bring coolness'. It is a coconut milk-based sweet soup piled high with mung beans, Job's tears, tapioca, mochi balls, and watermelon, eating like a loaded shaved ice.
Restaurants serving Qing Bu Liang (Hainan Sweet Coconut Soup)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Coconut milk
- Mung bean
- Job's tears
- Lotus seeds
- Tapioca
- Watermelon
- Grass jelly
- Rock sugar
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Separately boil mung beans, red beans, Job's tears, and lotus seeds until soft; sweeten with sugar and chill.
- Boil and chill mochi balls, tapioca, and grass jelly.
- Dice fresh fruits like watermelon and mango.
- Mix fresh coconut milk with coconut water, condensed milk, and rock sugar syrup (freezing it into a slush is also popular).
- Heap over
- kinds of prepared beans and jellies into the bottom of a large bowl.
- Flood the bowl with the ice-cold coconut milk.
- Top with fruits and peanuts.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Mellow sweetness of coconut milk and the fluffy texture of medicinal beans、薬膳豆のホクホク感
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Use commercial coconut milk, boiled red beans, mochi, and watermelon
Pairing
After Coconut Chicken Hot Pot / Hainan Chicken Rice
Trivia
In Guangdong, it was originally a 'warm, savory soup'. When it reached tropical Hainan, it uniquely evolved into a 'cold dessert' with coconut milk and ice, becoming the island's flagship tourist food.
Eating tips & etiquette
Use a spoon to scoop up the mountain of ingredients from the bottom, eating them with the slushy coconut milk. The medicinal beans gently cool your body from the inside out after a day in the intense tropical sun.
Allergen
Peanuts, Dairy