red bean soup

Singlish:

red bean

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English:

soup

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noun

  1. a soup made by boiling red beans (Vigna angularis) and other optional ingredients in water, usually sweetened (traditionally with rock sugar or gula melaka) and served as a cold or warm dessert.
  2. The silk bean curd with cream of red bean ($2.60) is an interesting blend of flavour and texture, with the sweetness of the red bean soup complementing the understated flavour of the smooth bean curd.

    — 2007 December 1, Stephanie Pee. Today, "hello HONG KONG". p.44

    The appetiser — a handful of crackers — and the red bean soup for dessert weren't particularly impressive.

    — 2006 May 20, Eveline Gan. Today, "JUST LIKE IT WAS IN". p.24


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