Cantonese Tong Sui: a snack, a dessert, a soup

Sweet Soup, or Tong Sui, is practically a cultural institution in though you can see similar things throughout coastal China, East Asia, and into Southeast Asia. We ll cover three different Tong Sui in this video: 0:00 Why love sweet soup 1:52 Three Cantonese Tongsui 2:21 Sweet Potato and Ginger Soup 5:05 Red Bean Soup 8:01 Water Chestnut and Egg Soup 10:08 Are there more Cantonese Tong Sui SWEET POTATO AND GINGER SOUP Makes 2 servings. Sweet Potato (红薯), 2 small, 275g (or 200g peeled) Ginger, 1 inch, crushed Water, 3 cups Slab sugar (片糖) or dark brown sugar, 20g Peel the sweet potato also peeling the whiter outer bit, revealing the moreorange flesh below. Cut by rolling and cracking the sweet potato to get slightly irregular pieces, 1 inch large. Set aside. Crush your ginger slice. Toast the ginger in a dry pot over medium flame until fragrant, 1 min. Add the sweet potato, toast together for 23 minutes. Add the 3 cups water. Bring to a boil, then down to a