Pumpkin With Pearl Barley Sweet Soup

Pumpkin Pearl Barley Sweet Soup

Ingredients:

650 gm pumpkin - skinned and cubed
1/4 cup pearl barley
Brown sugar to taste
Few pandan leaves

Method:

• Boil the barley with just enough water to cover.  Simmer till soft.  Keep aside.
• Boil the pumpkin till soft, add sugar, discard the pandan leaves and leave to cool slightly.  
• Pour the pumpkin into a blender and blend it on pulse mode till thick and fine.
• Pour out into a serving bowl and add the barley in.
• Serve hot or cold with pearl barley.  
• Instead of barley , can substitute with gingko (pak kuo).  Separately boil with just enough water till soft.