Jun
23
2014

Sweet Peanut Soup

The scorching hot weather is really unbearable these days. To keep us cool, I boiled sweet peanut soup the other day. Sweet peanut soup is said to be heat-relieving. Peanuts are rich in energy and contain health benefiting nutrients, minerals, antioxidants and vitamins that are essential for optimum health.

It’s pretty simple to boil this delicious, refreshing dessert. Unlike common believes that it takes the whole night of boiling to achieve that melt-in-the-mouth consistency, it took me only 2-3 hours to achieve that. The secret is soaking the peanuts with baking soda.
Sweet peanut tong shui

Peeled raw peanuts.

I purchased these peeled raw peanuts. I don’t think I have the time to peel them myself. It’s not too costly either so yeah, it’s more convenient to just get the already peeled peanuts.

Soak peanuts overnight.

How to soften peanut for tong sui

The next day, rinse and change the soaking water. Add a teaspoon of baking soda and let it soak for another 1 to 2 hours.

Rinse thoroughly. Transfer the peanuts into a pot. Add water. Bring to boil for at least 2 hours. The peanuts should soften by now.

Sweet peanut soup recipe

Lower heat to simmer. Add a cup of homemade soya milk or you may just use store-bought soy milk. You may omit this if you don’t have soy milk at home. Add rock sugar. Let simmer for another 10 minutes and it’s ready!

Sweet peanut dessert recipe

Delicious melt-in-the-mouth sweet peanut dessert. Hot or chilled? I like it both ways.

Oh yeah, I sometimes add store-bought glutinous rice balls too and have it for tea :)

Tags: dessert, Sweet Peanut Soup

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jolene June 23, 2014 at 12:40 am

I don’t like peanuts dessert

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  Merryn June 23, 2014 at 1:07 am
  
  You dont like peanuts? Or just the dessert?
  
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    jolene June 23, 2014 at 1:16 am
    
    I don’t like peanut soup, peanut paste (fa sun wu), peanut chocolate
    
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foongpc June 23, 2014 at 12:47 am

I like it chilled in this hot weather!! Last time I would have visited Snowflake! Nowadays hot also don’t wanna visit LOL!

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  Merryn June 23, 2014 at 12:54 am
  
  That day, after Ethan’s tooth extraction, we took him to Snowflake coz it is just across the road. I add-on Barley and guess what? One spoonful of barley for RM1.90!!!!! So freaking expensive!
  
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    foongpc June 23, 2014 at 12:56 am
    
    One spoonful for RM1.90? Wow!!! Really expensive!
    
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      Merryn June 23, 2014 at 1:03 am
      
      Seriously expensive. I dont think I wanna go there anymore. Quality wise also not very consistent anymore…
      
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mun June 23, 2014 at 12:50 am

I like to eat peanut soup (sweet or savoury) but I find that after eating a few bowls, will be passing a lot of wind after a few hours, hahaha.

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  Merryn June 23, 2014 at 1:06 am
  
  Ahh… Nuts do that to ppl sometimes eh? Strangely I dont have that problem. Must check with my kid if he does as he ate/drank quite a lot of this soup.
  
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Christopher June 23, 2014 at 1:03 am

That’s so nice for hot weather like this. I almost went to ‘Hui Lau Shan’ desserts in City Square JB yesterday but my kids hold us back for Baskin Robbins. sigh…

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  Merryn June 23, 2014 at 1:04 am
  
  What’s nice in HLS? I tried their mango dessert. Dont quite like it…
  
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    Christopher June 23, 2014 at 1:09 am
    
    Dunno yet , haven’t tried before. It’s always crowded in city square.
    
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suituapui June 23, 2014 at 6:13 am

I love this! Iced…very very cold.

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Cynful Pleasure June 23, 2014 at 8:49 am

My love…. add a few tang yuen… love to max..

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Rose June 23, 2014 at 9:21 am

I like this dessert!

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[SK] June 23, 2014 at 2:21 pm

wow.. looks good and taste good!! i like this sweet peanut soup, and adding in glutinous rice balls is an excellent idea too!!

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Hayley June 23, 2014 at 4:12 pm

I don’t fancy this soup, I prefer to eat peanuts on its own, heheh :p

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Chloe'sMummy June 24, 2014 at 11:19 am

I love this dessert. Haven’t eaten it in years. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I’ll try it as soon as I buy the raw peanuts :)

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Sue Ann June 24, 2014 at 4:12 pm

you make everything seem so simple and good! buat catering tolong! hehe

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Choi Yen June 28, 2014 at 12:20 pm

Never have this before, gonna try to cook it, thanks for sharing!

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