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Creamy Coconut Red Bean with Black Rice

Creamy Coconut Red Bean with Black Rice is very popular sweet Chinese dessert soup. A really simple, delicious and nutritious dessert.

Ingredients

1 cup red adzuki beans (soaked for 2 to 3 hours, washed and drained)
1/2 cup black glutinous rice (soaked for 2 to 3 hours, washed and drained)
2 litres water
3/4 cup raw brown sugar
270 ml gluten free coconut cream
3 mandarins skin (grated zest (choose mandarins with firm skin). Substitute with orange skin if preferred.)
3 mandarins (peeled, deseeded, juiced and strained. Substitute with oranges if preferred.)

1
Fill a medium pot with 2 litres of water. Add in the red adzuki beans and black glutinous rice and bring to a boil. Once its boiling, cover with lid and simmer on low heat for 1 hour.
2
Peel and deseed the mandarins, juice in a blender and strained. Add the strained mandarin juice and raw brown sugar to the pot and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes or until the beans and rice are soft and the liquid thickens.
3
Serve hot or warm, garnish with 2 to 3 tablespoons of gluten free coconut cream and some grated mandarin zest per serving.
4
This dessert can also be served either hot or chilled if preferred.