I woke up with a headache and I thought its time to down something cooling. Anyways, I went Sheng Siong with bf yesterday and he was saying he missed the barley I cooked for him. So my headache came in timely for me to move my butt to the kitchen and prepare it.
I remember when I was much younger, my grandma used to cook barley for my cousin and I would get a share too ^^ Mad love for barley, especially when they are sweetened. The grains turn soft and chewy after being cooked. My dad will prepare them when I have fever/sore throat.
So here's how I prepared it!
1. 200g of Pearl Barley (don't use the big ones that come from china, the taste will be different)
2. 100g of candied melon
3. Rock sugar to sweeten (100g or until desired sweetness)
I measured the individual ingredients and dump all of them into a big pot with 2 L of water. After which, I boil the ingredients, then switched to low fire for about half an hour.
*while I was preparing this, my dad said that if I don't want to eat the grains, I don't have to boil that long. So depends if you wanna eat them
So the final product looks like this..
After boiling probably you'll get 1 L or lesser of the drink.
Wait for it to cool slightly and remove about 2/3 of the grains.
I like to drink it warm!
It'll be nice cold too.
Anyways.. I was reading on the health benefits and here's what I found
- clear up the complexion
- stop wrinkle formation
- high fiber
- easy to digest
- nourish fat tissue, help in development of healthy bone tissue
- nutritious
- provides energy
- reduce inflammation
- good diuretic
- detox
- nourish kidney - help in cleaning the kidney
- prevent/treat UTI
KILL E.COLI~~~ and other bacterial
- expels toxins from the body, and is a good diuretic, i.e., it induces urination.
- lower cholesterol
- reduce atherosclerosis
- high magnesium - control glucose levels
- antioxidant rich - Lignans
- lower risk of heart diseases
- help in cell repair and growth
- whitens skin
HELPS TO LOSE WEIGHT!!!
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