Dessert
By Tracy O. Oh My Food Recipes
Ingredients: ▢ Dried platostoma palustre plants (涼粉草) ▢ Water ▢ Baking soda THICKEN LIQUID ▢ Corn starch or potato starch ▢ Water
1. Weight the dried platostoma palustre plant.
2. Wash, soak and rinse the dried platostoma palustre plant to remove dust and sand.
3. In a big pot, add water, baking soda and the washed platostoma palustre plant. Then, turn on a high fire and boil it. When it's boiling, turn the fire to medium small and simmer for 30-45 minutes.
4. After that, let it cool off, use your hands to rub the plants to get the slimy thing out and mix with the liquid.
5. Then, use a strainer bag to remove the big pieces of herb.
6. After that, use a fine strainer to remove smaller pieces of herb. Remember to do this step twice.
7. Next, in a small container mix water and cornstarch or potato starch.
8. Pour the cornstarch mixture from step 7 into the liquid, keep stirring until it thickens.
9. Pour the thicken mixture into a container and refrigerate for 3-6 hours.
10. After that, cut the grass jelly into cubes.
11. You can serve with syrup.
12. Or, serve it with condensed milk, milk, coconut milk and fruits.