Chinese Mung Bean Dessert - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup mung beans
water to cover
2 pieces rock candy
1/2 cup uncooked white rice
2 tablespoons pearl barley, rinsed

Preparation

Place mung beans in a bowl and cover with several inches of cool water; soak for 1 hour. Drain.
Transfer mung beans to a small saucepan; cover with water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low and simmer until mung beans open up, about 1 hour. Stir in rock sugar until dissolved.
Combine mung beans, rice, and barley in a saucepan. Add 8 times the volume in water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, until rice and barley are soft, about 20 minutes.