Tau Suan (Split Mung Bean Soup) | Don Signature Crab - Singapore Food Guide

Name: Tau Suan (Split Mung Bean Soup) | Don Signature Crab - Singapore Food Guide
Ingredients: 250 g split mung beans (yellow mung dal / washed); 1.2 litres water (plus extra for soaking, optional); 3 pandan leaves, knotted; 30 g fresh ginger, sliced thin (about 2–3 slices per serving to taste); 100 g gula melaka, chopped (or 120 g palm sugar) — adjust to taste; 100 g rock sugar or caster sugar (optional; use instead of or in addition to gula melaka); 150 ml coconut milk (optional, for creamier version); 1/4 tsp fine salt (to balance sweetness); 2 tbsp vegetable oil (for shallow-frying youtiao, optional); 1 fresh youtiao (Chinese fried dough) or 2 frozen ready-made, cut into 3 cm pieces (optional accompaniment); 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds (optional garnish); Fresh pandan leaf or pandan chiffon strips (for garnish, optional); Lime wedges (optional, a tiny squeeze brightens the bowl); Optional spice: 1–2 small bird's eye chillies sliced thin (for a savoury-spicy regional twist, not traditional)

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A comforting Singapore-style sweet soup of split mung beans simmered with pandan and sweetened with gula melaka or rock sugar, traditionally served warm with pi

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Ingredients

250 g split mung beans (yellow mung dal / washed)
1.2 litres water (plus extra for soaking, optional)
3 pandan leaves, knotted
30 g fresh ginger, sliced thin (about 2–3 slices per serving to taste)
100 g gula melaka, chopped (or 120 g palm sugar) — adjust to taste
100 g rock sugar or caster sugar (optional; use instead of or in addition to gula melaka)
150 ml coconut milk (optional, for creamier version)
1/4 tsp fine salt (to balance sweetness)
2 tbsp vegetable oil (for shallow-frying youtiao, optional)
1 fresh youtiao (Chinese fried dough) or 2 frozen ready-made, cut into 3 cm pieces (optional accompaniment)
1 tsp toasted sesame seeds (optional garnish)
Fresh pandan leaf or pandan chiffon strips (for garnish, optional)
Lime wedges (optional, a tiny squeeze brightens the bowl)
Optional spice: 1–2 small bird's eye chillies sliced thin (for a savoury-spicy regional twist, not traditional)