Red Bean Ice Recipe, a light and delicious drink from Palembang, Indonesia.

Red Bean Ice Recipe

Red Bean Ice from Palembang, Indonesia.

Red beans are used as a mixture of sweet foods in various countries, such as bread stuffing, dorayaki, or mochi. While in Indonesia, beans that are often called kidney beans are also often processed into soups until the ice menu is a typical drink of Palembang, South Sumatra.

The Red Bean Ice is much loved by the community because of its unique taste. Imagine, the softness of red beans blends with shaved ice and red syrup in your mouth! The cold and sweetness of ice blends with the distinctive taste of red beans. Besides being fresh, red bean ice also has many benefits. This is because the nutritional content in red beans is useful for counteracting free radicals, healthy digestion, optimizing brain function, increasing body energy and much more.

Well, one of the cities famous for its red bean ice is Palembang. This Palembang red bean ice is usually sold at a dining place serving Palembang specialties. For those of you who want to make Palembang red bean ice, you can follow the manufacturing process.

This recipe makes for four servings ...
Material:

• 1 cup dried red beans, soak overnight until it expands - 1 cup
• 500 ml of water
• 1 tbsp of sugar
• 1 block of brown sugar, fine comb
• 3 segments of cinnamon fingers
• ¼ tsp salt
• Coconut Sauce Material:
• 250 ml of coconut milk
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolve with a little water
• 2 pieces of pandan leaves, tie

Supplementary material:

• Shaved ice to taste
• Adequate sweetened condensed milk
• Red syrup or cocopandan to taste

How to make:

1. Drain and wash the soaked beans.
2. Put the beans in a pan and add cinnamon. Cook until soft red beans;
3. Add brown sugar, granulated sugar and salt. Mix well and cook again until the sauce thickens;
4. Pour the cornstarch solution. Mix well and cook until the sauce boils and thickens. Turn off the heat and let it cool down;
5. Coconut sauce: mix all the ingredients of coconut milk sauce, cook over low heat while stirring, lift and cool;
6. Prepare the glass and then add 2 tablespoons of red beans. Pour according to taste: coconut milk sauce, shaved ice, syrup, and sweetened condensed milk;
7. Red bean ice is ready to be served.

Anyway, delicious red beans must be really soft, legit, sweet and the shape of the seeds intact. So, the boiling process of beans is very important. In addition to soaking it overnight, don't forget to make sure the red beans are really tender before adding sugar and salt. Because, if not, the red beans will be difficult and soft for a long time.

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