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Longan Coated Lotus Seed Sweet Soup

Longan Coated Lotus Seed Sweet Soup

Ingredients: (serves 10) Longan Coated Lotus Seed Sweet Soup

- Fresh lotus seed: 300 seedsnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; - Longan: 2kgnbsp;
- Sugar: 700gnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; - Vanilla: 1 tubenbsp;
- Pineapple leaf: 100gnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; - Water: 2 litre

Preparation:

- Remove the lotus seed shells and then take their score out.

- Steam the lotus seeds for 15 minutes over low heat and add pineapple leaf to create the flavour. When the lotus seeds become soft, take them out and leave them to drain.

-nbsp;Cook sugar with water and pineapple leaf and then filter by sieve.

- Remove the longan shells and pits and put one lotus seed inside one longan. Put the longan into the prepared syrup and cook for five minute. Add the vanilla.

- Scoop the mixture into small bowls and freeze them before serving.

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Story by Thinh Phat - Photo by Kim Son

Thinh Phat - Kim Son

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