sweet potato dessert soup

for the longest time, priscilla’s mom has been craving this simple dessert. every time she buys a couple of sweet potatoes, they somehow get used up for other dishes within the same day. you can say we are partially responsible for the disappearance of those sweet potatoes.

this is a very basic, rudimentary chinese dessert. back in the days, farmers with little to eat would make this dish to satisfy their sweet tooth. even with an abundance of groceries within our disposal, we can’t help but crave the simplicity of things.

sweet potato 2 medium
chinese cane sugar 1/4 cup
ginger 1 inch nub
water 3 cups

smash the ginger with a large meat cleaver
boil the water with the smashed ginger and cane sugar
chop the sweet potatoes into small pieces, about 1/2 inch cubes
cook the sweet potatoes in the sweet soup on medium heat for 10 min until they are soft

2 medium sweet potatoes, and some good quality cane sugar, we got from the local wet market

chop the sweet potatoes into small pieces

you can never go wrong with this simple dessert

commentaries

priscilla: this dessert soup goes really well with tang yuan too. cook the sweet potatoes for 5 min, and then the tang yuan and cook for another 5 min. voila!