Traditional Chinese Sweet Potato & Ginger Dessert Soup

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 large sweet potatoes
• 2 inches fresh gingerroot, skinned and sliced (approx. 45g)
• 3 1/2 cups water
• 8 dried red dates (optional)
• 1 (60 g) slab raw brown sugar (approx. 60g, if not available, can be substituted with rock sugar)

Recipe

• 1 peel, wash and chop sweet potatoes into chunks.
• 2 bring water to a boil; add ginger, sweet potatoes and red dates and simmer for 12-15 minutes.
• 3 upon boiling, add slab sugar and boil until sugar dissolves.
• 4 serve hot or cold!