This healthy dessert tastes great and is very easy to prepare!
Green beans are high in nutritional values. They contain starch and are rich in protein, vitamin A, B1 and B2 and minerals like calcium, phosphorus and iron. They are well known in Chinese medicine history for expelling heat and detoxifying poison in the body and promoting urination and relieving swelling. Li Sh Zhen 李时珍, a renowned physician from the Ming Dynasty even regarded the beans as “真济世之良谷也” as they have plenty useful applications that benefit health. An excerpt from Chinese article "绿豆的神奇功效和用途": 在《本草纲目》里记载：用绿豆煮食，可消肿下气、清热解毒、消暑解渴、调和五脏、安精神、补元气 、滋润皮肤；绿豆粉解诸毒、治疮肿、疗烫伤；绿豆皮解热毒、退目翳；绿豆芽可解酒、解毒。中医认为，绿豆性 味甘寒、入心、胃经、具有清热解毒、消暑利尿之功效。历代中医文献记载与民间实际应用，总结绿豆的功用为： 清热解暑，止渴利尿，消肿止痒，收敛生肌，明目退翳，解一切事物中毒。
Sago pearls 西米 are tasteless; they are added to improve texture of the soup and usually just one tbsp is enough. Here’s a useful tip on cooking sago: adding them after the water is brought to boil can avoid them becoming mushy. Cook them for 10 minutes and they will turn from opaque white into transparent pearls.
The usual way for preparing green bean soup applies: wash green beans to remove dust particles/impurities and soak in water for an hour. Bring to boil till the green beans soften and skin removed and brown sugar or 冰片糖 is added to taste. To improve flavor, you may add in some pandan leaves. Lastly, put in the sago pearls and it is done!
Hope you try this simple and healthy dessert... Cheers!
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