On a hot sunny day, having sweet soup made from delicious and cool pumpkin is unbeatable. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to show off your skills in making simple yet delicious pumpkin black bean sweet soup and pumpkin sweet soup with sweet potatoes!
1. Pumpkin Black Bean Sweet Soup
Preparation
2 hours
Cooking
45 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pumpkin Black Bean Sweet Soup For 3 people
Pumpkin 300 gr Black Beans 100 gr Sugar 150 gr Tapioca Starch 200 gr
How to choose fresh and delicious ingredients
How to choose fresh pumpkin
- You should choose pumpkins that are a deep orange-yellow color, firm, feel heavy in hand, and are not bruised or scarred. If you plan to use them immediately, select ones with a slightly concave base and less flesh.
- If not using immediately, you should pick those with a long stem (about 2 – 2.5 cm), avoiding those without stems as they will spoil quickly and cannot be stored for long.
- You can also substitute black beans with green beans
How to choose good and safe black beans
- You should choose black beans with a green heart, thin skin, shiny black color, and uniform round shape. Additionally, good black beans will have a distinctive aroma.
- You can test by squeezing the beans; if they remain unchanged, they are good beans. If they make a sound when squeezed, they are definitely hollow inside, and you should not choose this type.
- Do not buy beans that are shriveled, have a moldy smell, or pale in color as these are signs that the beans have been stored for too long and are about to go moldy.
How to make Pumpkin and Black Bean Dessert
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Prepare the ingredients
After buying the pumpkin, peel it, remove the seeds, then rinse it with water and slice it into thin pieces.
After purchasing the black beans, wash them thoroughly with water, making sure to pick out any damaged beans, and then rinse them to remove any dirt and sand. Soak the beans in cold water for about 3 to 4 hours. Mix the tapioca starch in a bowl with water until dissolved.
Tips for quickly peeling and cutting pumpkin
- The skin of the pumpkin is quite hard and thick, so to shorten the peeling time, you need to prepare a wooden cutting board and a sharp kitchen knife.
- To peel the pumpkin quickly, you should cut the pumpkin in half horizontally and then use the knife to peel it vertically.
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Cook the Pumpkin and Black Bean Dessert
Add the black beans to a pot with 400ml of water and simmer. When the black beans are nearly soft, add the pumpkin, 150g of white sugar, and the bowl of tapioca starch water, and cook for about 15 minutes before turning off the heat and letting it cool.
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Final Product
In just a few simple steps, we have a delicious and nutritious pumpkin and black bean dessert for the family. Let’s enjoy it!
2. Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Dessert
Preparation
8 hours
Cooking
1 hour
Difficulty Level
Easy
Ingredients for Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Dessert Serves 3
Peanuts 150 gr Pumpkin 400 gr Sweet Potato 300 gr Sugar 150 gr Glutinous Rice Flour 120 gr Tapioca Flour 200 gr Coconut Milk 440 ml
How to Choose Good Purple Sweet Potatoes
- Buy sweet potatoes that are intact, not cracked or chipped. They should feel heavy and firm, without bruises.
- Be careful if the potatoes have black spots or blemishes, as this indicates they are spoiled.
- Choose sweet potatoes that are round or elongated without any indentations; they should feel firm but not too hard, as these are usually less fibrous, starchy, and very sweet.
- Avoid selecting potatoes that are too small, long, or have indentations because they will be more fibrous.
- You can use either purple or yellow sweet potatoes.
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How to make Sweet Potato Pumpkin Dessert
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Prepare the ingredients
Fresh peanuts should be soaked in 1 liter of water for 6 hours until they swell, then drain and rinse them clean.
Peel the pumpkin and sweet potato, wash them thoroughly, drain, cut into small pieces, and steam them over medium heat for 20 minutes.
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Shape the dessert balls
After the sweet potato and pumpkin are cooked, mash them finely using a fork or a pestle.
Then, mix the sweet potato with tapioca flour and the pumpkin with glutinous rice flour, and take small portions of the mixture to shape into small round balls with a peanut filling.
Note when kneading the dough and shaping the balls:
- If the dough is too dry when kneading, you should add a little water
- Adding pumpkin to the glutinous rice flour will help the pumpkin become softer and more pliable
- You can alternate the layers of sweet potato dough and pumpkin dough, and shape the dessert with 3 layers: sweet potato – pumpkin – peanut for a more diverse flavor, color, and visual appeal
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Cooked pumpkin sweet soup with sweet potato
Add 1 liter of water to the pot along with 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 220g of rock sugar, peanuts, and pumpkin balls. Boil for about 10 minutes, then continue to add sweet potato balls and 440ml of coconut milk, 30g of tapioca flour until it boils, then turn off the heat.
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Final product
The sweet potato and pumpkin sweet soup is delicious, nutritious, and provides many vitamins beneficial for your family’s health.
Tips for successful execution:
- When cooking the pumpkin, do not cook too long as it will make the pumpkin mushy and unappealing; do not let it undercook either, as eating it will be slightly crunchy, losing its creamy and sweet flavor, resulting in an unpleasant taste.
- Put the sweet soup in the refrigerator; the sweet, light flavor will be just right after about 2 hours. When the sweet soup is cold, you can scoop it into a glass or cup to eat directly, or if you like, you can add crushed ice.
Some benefits of pumpkin:
Boosts immunity, supports the immune system.
- Very good for you in following a weight loss regimen without worrying about nutrient deficiencies.
- Pumpkin contains nutrients that are very good for your skin, promoting healthy skin.
See details: Benefits of pumpkin
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Above is how to make pumpkin dessert with black beans and pumpkin sweet potato. Let’s get into the kitchen and prepare this dish to treat the family right away!
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