Traditional Chinese Sweet Potato & Ginger Dessert Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 large sweet potatoes
2 inches fresh gingerroot, skinned and sliced (approx. 45g)
3 1/2 cups water
8 dried red dates (optional)
1 (60 g) slab raw brown sugar (approx. 60g, if not available, can be substituted with rock sugar)

Preparation

Peel, wash and chop sweet potatoes into chunks.
Bring water to a boil; add ginger, sweet potatoes and red dates and simmer for 12-15 minutes.
Upon boiling, add slab sugar and boil until sugar dissolves.
serve hot or cold!