Papaya Soup - Dessert

This is my first time cooking a sweet papaya soup (papaya courtesy of Auntie A).  I do not know if there is a correct method but I cooked mine this way.  I think this soup goes well with lotus seeds too.

Papaya Soup - Dessert
Ingredients
3 litres water
½ half ripe papaya/paw paw
40g white fungus
30 - 35 red dates
8 - 10 pandan leaves
rock sugar to taste

Method

1. Wash and soak white fungus till soft.  Remove the stalk and separate into petals.
2. Cook white fungus and pandan leaves in a pot with 3 litres of water.  When boil, remove pandan leaves.  Add red dates and let it boil again, then reduce heat and simmer for around 30 mins.
3. In the mean time, remove papaya skin and remove the seeds.  Cut into small cubes/bite sizes.
4. Add the papaya and rock sugar and cook until rock sugar dissolves.
5. Serve hot or cold.