The above ingredients are available at Chinese grocery stores.
Soak cornstarch strips in hot water 5 min before cooking. Slice Chinese prunes
and remove the seeds. Soak the mung beans in 3 cups water for 3 hrs. Rub the
beans to remove the hulls and rinse well to pour them off.
To clean the lotus seeds, soak them for 3 hours with 1 tablespoon baking soda in
hot water. Rub the peels to remove them, rinse well.
Cook lotus seeds separately in 2 cups water for 1 hr. Remove the middle shoot
with a wooden or plastic pick. If peeled lotus seeds are available, cook them
with green peas at the same time.
Combine mung beans, Chinese prunes, cornstarch strips with 5 cups water and cook
until done (about 45 min). Add cooked lotus seeds, sugar and cook for 15
minutes more. Blend in 1 cup coconut milk and vanilla, and cook another 15 min.
Remove the heat.
