Recipe Ingredient
- 250g dried lotus seeds (lean chi)
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda
- 1.5 litres water
- 2 pandan leaves, knotted
- 100g dried longan meat
- 75g rock sugar
Instructions
- Put dried lotus seeds into a basin. Put just enough cold water to cover the lotus seeds and add bicarbonate of soda. Set aside for two to two and a half hours. Drain, then wash thoroughly.
- Bring water to a boil. Add soaked lotus seeds and cook until the seeds turn soft. Add dried longan and rock sugar. Simmer until longan turns soft and sugar dissolves. Add pandan leaves at the final stage.
- Serve this dessert either hot or cold.
