Sweet Potato Soup (Fun Shee Tong Sui)
I like Tong Sui which is the chinese sweet dessert soup. There are many type of tong sui. Some takes a lot of steps and others are very simple. The sweet potato soup is very easy and fast to make — just took me 20 minutes.
Back in the days where I grew up in Malaysia, sweet potato are basically eaten by poor people. I recall my parents telling that during the second world war, people survived on these stuff because it was easy to grow. In Canada, sweet potatoes are referred to as yams.
Ingredients
- 3 pieces of sweet potato
- 1 brown sugar slab (for sweetness)
- 2 pandan leaves (for flavor)
Instructions
Peel the skin off from the sweet potatoes and cut it into bit-sized chunks. I tie a knot on the pandan leaves so that I can easily remove it after the soup is cooked.
Drop a piece of brown sugar slab into a pot of boiling water. I use three cups of water.
I then just pour everything into the pot and boil it for 15 minutes. That’s it — sweet and simple.
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shirley | Apr 3, 2006 | Reply
Yum! My parents make a delicious version of this soup - I can almost taste it when looking at your pictures. :)
Suanne | Apr 9, 2006 | Reply
Hi Shirley:
Try and make it yourself … it’s very simple as you can see. :-)
Suanne
Chow Wai Ling | Sep 16, 2006 | Reply
For added taste, I add slices of ginger :)
Dan | May 26, 2007 | Reply
Sweet potatoes and yams are different. Sweet potatoes have yellow flesh; Yams have red flesh and can grow very large. Sweet potatoes are also much more nutritious.
I think your soup is made of yams.
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Can’t wait to try it though! :)
xXkimchiXx | Jan 17, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for sharing this recipe. Its easy and tasty. By the way, I’m trying to make a dessert with honeydew and sago. Do you have it. Can you share it with me? Thanks a lot!
anonymous | Mar 17, 2008 | Reply
Are gingers alternate recipe for this tong shui? I preferred those with gingers though.