Sweet Red Bean Soup

== Ingredients ==
* ⅓ – ½ cup sugar
* 1 cup red beans (soaked in cold water overnight)
* ⅓ cup dried lotus seeds (at Asian grocery stores or health food stores, soaked in cold water overnight)
* 1 tablespoon vanilla
* ¼ cup pearl tapioca (optional)
* ¼ cup glutinous rice balls (can be found at Asian grocery stores) (optional)
* 7 cups water
== Directions ==
# Combine water and beans in a large pot, bring to a boil.
# Reduce heat to simmer, cook uncovered till beans are tender (about 2 hours?).
# Add lotus seed and sugar (plus tapioca and rice balls if you choose to), cook until soup thickens a little and lotus seeds are tender, but not mushy (20 minutes).
# Add vanilla, serve hot for a perfect winter dessert, or you can let the soup cool down, then add ice.
# With this basic recipe, you can take out all the beans, increase the amount of lotus seeds and have a lotus seeds sweet soup instead.
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