Friday, July 20, 2012

The Food - Fresh and Fiber Rich, Green Ice Cincau


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The Food - Green grass jelly ice is one of the favorites to break refreshments. Given a bit of coconut milk, red syrup or ginger syrup plus ice cubes. Hmm .. It was fresh and sweet chewy. Even this benefit-rich green grass jelly!

Hijua grass jelly made ​​from the leaves of spp is charming with a gel-like agar-agar. Leaves of grass jelly knead with clean water and then filtered. After settling some grass jelly will thicken as the liquid gel form with a hard chewy texture. This happens because the leaves of grass jelly carbohydrates that can bind water molecules.

Cincau name comes from the Hokkien word which means xiancao sienchau. The word is commonly called by the Chinese in Southeast Asia. Actually the name is also taken from the name cincau vegetation, which is the material as a gel maker.

Texture is smooth and green, served with brown sugar syrup, red syrup and coconut milk and ice cubes. Every 100 grams of green grass jelly contains 6.23 g fiber, 122 kcal of energy, vitamin C 17 mg, and 6 grams of protein. After drinking grass jelly, is believed the body will feel cool. It can also be healthy digestion and prevent heartburn.

Although many are sold, but still need to be careful with the chewy texture of dense grass jelly. It could be because there are additional non-food chemicals and preservatives. The addition of preservatives is intended to be more springy grass jelly and last longer.

If you have a tree grass jelly when making your own cleaner. Save the green grass jelly in a covered container in the fridge so it can last 3 days. Various mixed ice can be made ​​with green grass jelly.

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