Almond Dessert Soup

* this recipe is from the aunt of my friend Helen. A wonderful receipe indeed.

Ingredients:
4 tael south almonds
1/2 tael north almonds
2 tbsp rice
4oz sugar (or rock sugar)
6 cups water
1 cup milk
3 egg white (optional)
** must have is a cloth bag (best to have this bag made with "dick kok leung" fabric)

How to Make:

1. Rinse almonds and soak them with 2 cups of hot water until soft.

2. Rinse rice and soak them with 1 cup of hot water until soft.

3. Pour almonds and the soaking water to blender and blend until all smooth - in a few batches.

4. Pour the almond mixture from blender through the cloth bag and squeeze out all almond juice to a pot - do it in a few batches.

5. Pour rice mixture to the blender and blend until all smooth. Add this rice mixture from blender to the same pot with the almond mixture through a few sieve.
6. Add 3 cups of water to the same pot and bring to boil.

7. Add milk and sugar to the pot and when bubbles form around the edges, turn to low heat and adjust tastings.

8. Add the egg whites to the pot, leave them inside the dessert soup for a short while, then use a whisk to break up the cooked egg whites. (if you whisk all egg whites first before you pour into the dessert soup, very likely you are not able to see and eat the egg whites as they should have mostly dissovled!)

enjoy~