When you feel you want an easy to go to dessert and a dessert which is nutritious, nourishing and soothing to your senses, let me introduce to you White Fungus Gingko Nut. Of course. Without a doubt. A dessert you just need to simmer after getting the ingredients and these ingredients are easily available. In hypermarkets. Otherwise, you wouldn't have wasted your time heading to the nearest Chinese Medical Halls and Chinese Medical Halls, there must one within your vicinity? I sure know so. White Fungus Gingko Nut. What a sweet smooth pleasure.
Ingredients
30g white fungus (soak for 1/2 hour, remove the hard piece in the center and tear into pieces)
60g dried longan (soak for 20 mins)
160g gingko nuts
40g rock sugar (more or less)
160g gingko nuts
40g rock sugar (more or less)
5 screwpine/pandan leaves (knot together)
3/4 liter of water
Method:
Add water,white fungus and pandan leaves into a pot.
Simmer over very low heat for about 1/2 hour.
By now, fungus will be soft and nicely doubled up.Simmer over very low heat for about 1/2 hour.
Put in longan, gingko nuts and rock sugar.
Continue to simmer for another 20 mins.
Remove from heat.
Can be served hot or chilled.
yes...very cooling. if got snow fungus, add in that one also very good
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely. You can add gingko and lotus nuts together.
ReplyDeleteNava, I'm impressed to see a non-Chinese making this dessert. Well done!
ReplyDeletethe white fungus and ginko nuts have a lot of health benefits. great dessert and healthy for you too!
ReplyDeleteSmall Kucing & May-Lin - yep, got to agree that this is a healthy dessert and adding snow fungus will also be great.
ReplyDeleteShirley - being a Malaysian, we have a combination of Indian, Malay, Chinese and many more types of food.
nice and cooling
ReplyDeleteIvynana - thanks for yr comments.
ReplyDeleteHi Nava, this is so cooling and refreshing. Good for complexion too, :)
ReplyDeleteI very much like the lightly sweet desserts here... yours look so yum
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