Easy Cantonese Sweet Black Sesame Soup Dessert
Servings: 4 servings as dessert
Lightly sweet, nutty, and creamy Chinese-style sweet black sesame soup is a perfect light dessert that is very easy to put together.
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Ingredients
- 60 gr black sesame seeds 2 oz, or use store-bought or homemade black sesame powder
- 300 ml water About 1 1/4 cups. See notes 1
- 60 gr rock sugar 2 oz, or more to taste. See notes 2
- ½ Tbsp cooking oil neutral-tasting
- 45 gr glutinous rice flour 6 Tbsp
Instructions
- Toast black sesame seeds on a dry pan over low heat until aromatic, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let them cool down completely. You can also purchase the toasted black sesame seeds and skip this step
- Put the toasted black sesame seeds , water, and the rest of the ingredients, except for the rock sugar, in a blender and process until smooth and then pour into a pot
- Pour into a pot and add rock sugar. Turn on the stove and cook over medium-low heat and keep stirring
- It seems like nothing is going to happen for a while, but just keep stirring, the glutinous rice flour will thicken the mixture gradually. Stirring also helps to prevent scorching at the bottom of the pot. It will thicken further as it cools down. Remove from the heat and serve warm
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Notes
- 300 ml of liquid gives a very thick consistency, more like a paste, which I like. You can play with the amount from 300 ml to around 400 ml. 500 ml of liquid gives a very soup consistency. Please adjust to your preference on how thick you want it.
- If you don't have rock sugar, you can use brown or white sugar. Rock sugar is less sweet compared to white sugar and you need to adjust the amount according to your taste.
