It's the weekend and I thought why not have some fun doing my lunch. So, I decided to make sweet potatoes soup with beans and barley. This is a very easy soup to make. But the truth is, the easier it is to do something, the lazier one becomes and nothing is done at the end of it. Furthermore, it is cheap to get dessert (Yes, the sweet potatoes soup is a "sweet" in South East Asia) like this in Singapore and even more so discouraged people to do it themselves.
I use a slow-cooker to make the sweet potatoes soup. I first peeled two sweet potatoes, cut them into small pieces and put together with beans and barley, and washed them. Then I pour water into the slow cooker to about 2/3 full and start boiling it with high heat. I didn't put any sugars at all. The mixture of sweet potatoes and beans are expected thicken the soup and produce a very refreshing taste together. It is not overly sweet and also has a nice under-taste. Sweet potatoes are also known to
help mood lifting, so there are plenty of quality in it.
You need the sweet potatoes and the beans to be as soft as possible , so you really need a long time to boil in the slow cooker. You can just leave it on before you went out for your shopping, gym, etc, and when you are back after, say, 2 hours, they are ready to be served.
To make it more "exotic", I ate my soup with some peanut butter toasts, It feels like "east meets west". It tastes great and I enjoyed it :D
It's the weekend and I thought why not have some fun doing my lunch. So, I decided to make sweet potatoes soup with beans and barley. This is a very easy soup to make. But the truth is, the easier it is to do something, the lazier one becomes and nothing is done at the end of it. Furthermore, it is cheap to get dessert (Yes, the sweet potatoes soup is a "sweet" in South East Asia) like this in Singapore and even more so discouraged people to do it themselves.
I use a slow-cooker to make the sweet potatoes soup. I first peeled two sweet potatoes, cut them into small pieces and put together with beans and barley, and washed them. Then I pour water into the slow cooker to about 2/3 full and start boiling it with high heat. I didn't put any sugars at all. The mixture of sweet potatoes and beans are expected thicken the soup and produce a very refreshing taste together. It is not overly sweet and also has a nice under-taste. Sweet potatoes are also known to help mood lifting, so there are plenty of quality in it.
You need the sweet potatoes and the beans to be as soft as possible , so you really need a long time to boil in the slow cooker. You can just leave it on before you went out for your shopping, gym, etc, and when you are back after, say, 2 hours, they are ready to be served.
To make it more "exotic", I ate my soup with some peanut butter toasts, It feels like "east meets west". It tastes great and I enjoyed it :D
5 comments:
Boring stuff, not interesting. :P
hahaha, these are life here engaged in simple pleasure, we could do a lot worst, don't think I can find such pleasure by visiting the newly opened casino in Singapore, lol.
That is my favourite weekend lunch for my family.. "actually I am just plain lazy to cook on weekends". Nah, not boring at all but full of essence (aka nutrition!) okay! :P
thanks both for your "not-boring" comments. Thanks for reading the post, hehhe :D
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