Thursday | July 14, 2005

Tau Suan

Make Tau Suan Yesterday.

Drain and steam on high heat for 20 minutes.

Add the beans, boil for 5 - 10 minutes, and add in starch solution.

Tau Suan

Ingredients
300g split green beans, skinned 
200g rock sugar or castor sugar
2 liters water
2 pandan leaves, knotted
4 tbsp potato starch water, mixed with 3 tbsp water into a solution
Yu Tiao, sliced thinly

Method
Soak the beans in water for 30 minutes.
Drain and steam on high heat for 20 minutes.
Bring the rock sugar, castor sugar, water and pandan leaves to a boil.
Add the beans, boil for 5 - 10 minutes, and add in starch solution.
Cook until the soup thickens slightly and has a translucent look.
Serve hot with yu tiao slices.

Posted by Jasnette at 16:43:54 | Permanent Link | Comments (3) |
Comments
1 - how many does it serve? (Comment this)

Written by: Charlotte at 2005/09/23 - 10:46:20
2 - Hi Charlotte,

It serves 4 – 6.
Cause some of us are “Big Eater” *lol*.
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Written by: Jaschin at 2005/09/23 - 16:20:19
3 - Hi,
Thank you for you blog, it''s been very helpful for me to look for recipes and start experimenting on baking... i was looking at the tau suan recipe the other day and came across at one of the ingredients in teh recipe. What do you mean by 4 tbsp of potato starch water? is it actually mixing 4 tbsp of potato starch flour with 3 tbsp of water?? please do let me know as soon as you have the time as i am looking forward to try out the recipe. Thank you and your website is truly amazing....

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Written by: Devine at 2005/12/17 - 07:29:01
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