Saturday, June 11, 2005

Barley & Green Beans



This is simple recipe but very nutritious, I saw this recipe in a chinese web page, decided to try it myself today..its looks simple but after taking it, the body feel much better cause of the hot weather recently.

Ingredient:
200g green beans
200g barley (chinese kind)

Syrup:
4 cups of water
230 gm sugar
1 stalk of pandan leaves (tear into strips then tied into knot)

Method:

1. Wash the barley & green beans clean then soak with hot water for 1 hour. After 1 hour, pour away the water and drain dry them.

2. Put water, sugar & pandan leaves boil together. Once got the fragnant of pandan leaves, remove it away from the pot. Until sugar is dissolve, water is boiled, Add in the soaked ingredient.

3. First high fire...until you see bubbles...turn to low fire.. Once the beans break, barley turn soft, off the fire. Ready to serve.

Green Beans & Barley helps to cleanse the body reduce water retention, Barley can reduce face freakle from growing while green beans can cool down the body systems.

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