Water chestnut sweet broth

Water Chestnut Sweet Broth
-Y3k Recipes Issue 30-

Ingredients
20 water chestnuts (peeled, diced small)
300g fine sugar
3 blades of pandan leaves (tie knot)
2 litres (2,000 ml) of water
1 egg (beaten)

Thickening: (mixed together in a bowl)
4 tbsp cornflour
5 tbsp water

Method
1. Place diced water chestnuts in a sieve, wash under a running tap to remove excess starch. Drain well.

2. Put in drained water chestnut. pandan leaves and water into a pot. Bring to boil, until smell of pandan fragrant, remove pandan leaves. Add in sugar and cook for another 5 mins till it comes to boil, taste for sweetness.

3. Add thickening in a slow drizzle and keep on stirring sweet broth until thicken. Turn off heat and stir in beaten egg. Cover for 1 min. Serve hot.