Recipe for Red Bean Soup

Ingredients for Red Bean Soup:
1 cup
azuki (adzuki) beans
5 cups water
1 strip dried tangerine peel or
fresh orange peel
1/4 cup canned lotus seeds
1/3 - 1/2 cup brown
sugar, as desired

Red Bean Soup preparation instruction:
Soak the azuki beans in water for several hours to
soften them (it's easiest to soak them overnight). Drain.
In a medium
saucepan, bring the 5 cups of water with the tangerine peel to a
boil.
Turn the heat down, add the adzuki beans and lotus seeds and
simmer, partially covered, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until the beans soften.Once
the beans are just beginning to break apart, add the brown sugar and stir
until dissolved. Taste and add more sugar if desired. Serve hot or cold.