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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
1 hour 5 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Green Bean Dessert with Seaweed Serves 5 people
Green beans 250 gr Seaweed 25 gr Coconut milk 100 ml Sugar 3 tablespoons Salt 1/2 teaspoon Additional sugar a little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to properly select mung beans
- For whole mung beans: you need to pay attention to selecting beans that are plump, uniform, and not infested or shriveled. For this dish, you should choose whole mung beans.
- For peeled mung beans: you should select beans that are bright yellow, feel firm to the touch, and are free of pests, with a fragrant smell of mung beans.
- You can easily find mung beans at supermarkets, markets, convenience stores, or at TasteVN branches near your home. However, do not forget to choose a reputable brand to avoid buying low-quality products.
- Avoid purchasing mung beans that have a musty smell or a strong chemical odor, as these are often beans that have been excessively treated with pesticides rather than grown naturally.
How to choose quality seaweed
- As a sea-dwelling plant, quality seaweed will have a very distinctive smell of dried seaweed, whether you eat it raw or cooked, it retains its unique flavor.
- Quality seaweed has a natural gray-brown color, and when soaked in water, it expands into a deep green color that is pleasing to the eye.
- When purchasing seaweed, you should carefully check the packaging, including its origin and expiration date. Choose types that are very dry and not overly crushed or moldy.
- Avoid choosing seaweed with strange colors and odors, as it may have been mixed with flavorings and additives, which could negatively affect health when consumed.
How to make Green Bean Pudding with Agar
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Prepare the ingredients
Soak the green beans overnight so that they cook quickly and become soft. Rinse the beans and remove any hard or damaged ones.
Soak the agar before cooking for 30 minutes to let it expand evenly, discard the water, rinse well, and let it drain.
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Cook green bean pudding with seaweed
Place a pot on the stove, add green beans and 1 liter of water to the pot, and cook on medium heat until the beans are soft, about 45 minutes.
Next, add the seaweed to the pot and wait for the water to boil again for about 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to low. Add 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of salt, then continue to cook for another 10 minutes.
Taste and adjust the seasoning to your liking, then add coconut milk and stir well, after that turn off the heat to finish.
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Final product
Your result is a refreshing and cool cup of green bean pudding with seaweed, which is very good for cooling down.
The freshly cooked pudding has a beautiful color, fragrant with green beans, and each spoonful of sweet pudding combined with the chewy seaweed is extremely delicious. This pudding will taste better when eaten cold or with added ice.
With the method of making popular green bean soup delicious and refreshing, very simple to relieve summer heat, TasteVN hopes you will successfully make this soup to treat your family and friends!
