Cheng Tng aka Sweet chinese dessert

Happy Mother's Day to all the ladies out there! Today I cooked Cheng Tng which is a sweet chinese dessert for my mother. I remember I used to eat this outside at the hawker centre when the weather is so hot. One small bowl with shaved ice on top that costs about $1.50. Nowadays during the first day of Chinese New Year, I will boil this dessert to eat as a blessing for "tian tian mi mi" meaning gaining sweetness in chinese.

Ingredients:

2 flower of white fungus - soak and trim

1 handful of dried long gans

1 handful of red dates

1 can of white gingkos - easier to use can type

3 pandan leaves

1 handful of dried winter melon strips

2 tablespoon of sago - soaked n drained

1/2 cups of black sugar

Method:

1) boil half pot of water with the pandan leaves and red dates first.

2) When it boils, add in the long gans, melon strips and white fungus. Bring to boil again.

3) Add in the gingko nuts and black sugar.

4) When the red dates have broken, add in the sago. Boil for another 5-10 mins in medium heat.

Serve hot or cold.

PS:

If you prefer sweeter taste like me, throw in some rock sugar to taste.

I don't dare to take lotus seed so I didn't put. You can add in if you like but remember to take out the middle root. Else it will be bitter.