Barley & Peanuts Sweet Soup / 薏米花生糖水

This Chinese style sweet peanut soup is one of a handful of sweet dessert soups that I like. It is usually cooked with only blanched peanuts but I like mine with barley. The peanuts are cooked to perfection, soft but not mushy, creamy and slightly sweetened. The combination of a bowl of warm peanut sweet soup and crispy prawn fritter brings back my childhood memories.

Peanut sweet soup is easy to cook but time consuming if cooking it on the stove. With a pressure cooker, it will be ready in about an hour. If you do not have a pressure cooker, you can try to cook it with an IH rice cooker. Please note that the cooking time may vary depending on the type of your rice cooker. 

Sweet Peanut Soup with Prawn Fritter

Barley & Peanuts Sweet Soup

薏米花生糖水

Ingredients (4-5 servings):

1 cup Blanched peanuts (large size)

1/4 cup Pearl barley

3-4 Pandan leaves

1.5 liter Water 

Rock sugar to taste

Methods:

Stove

1. Rinse then soak the peanuts for at least 4 hours or overnight.
2. Combine the peanuts and barley in a pot, add in the Pandan leaves and water. Bring to a boil then simmer with the lid ajar until the peanut is softened. It may take hours.
3. Add in the rock sugar, simmer until the sugar is completely dissolved.

IH Rice Cooker

1. Rinse then soak the peanuts for at least 4 hours or overnight.
2. Combine the peanuts, Pandan leaves and 500~600ml of water in the rice cooker pot. Cook as if cooking the rice.
3. When it is cooked, turn of the power and let it cool to the body temperature.
4. Add in the barley, rock sugar, and enough water. Cook as if cooking the rice again.
5. Once it is cooked, transfer to a pot to continue simmer on the stove if the peanut is not soft enough. Add in extra water if necessary.

Pressure Cooker

1. Combine the rinsed peanuts, barley, Pandan leaves and water in the pot. (no soaking required)
2. Bring the pot to pressure, cook for 45 mins.
3. When the pressure is released, add in the rock sugar and simmer until the sugar is completely dissolved.

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