Eight Treasure Porridge Dessert

Ingredients

• 0.25 cups dried small red beans , adzuki beans
• water to cover
• 0.25 cups barley
• 0.5 cups glutinous sweet rice
• 0.25 cups dried mung bean
• 0.25 cups oats
• 0.25 cups millet
• 0.25 cups dried small pearl tapioca
• 0.5 cups brown sugar , or more to taste
• 0.25 cups raisins

Instructions

1. 1

   Place red beans into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 3 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse.

2. 2

   Combine red beans and barley in a pot; add enough water to fill 1/2 the pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer until beans and barley are tender, about 1 hour.

3. 3

   Mix rice into bean-barley mixture; add more water if it has all been absorbed. Cook rice mixture for 20 minutes. Add mung beans; cook for 20 minutes.

4. 4

   Mix oats, millet, and tapioca into rice mixture; cook, stirring every 5 minutes, until all the grains are softened, about 20 minutes. Add more water to reach desired thickness of porridge. Stir brown sugar and raisins into porridge; cook for 5 minutes more. Remove pot from heat, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. Serve hot or chilled.