What is green tapioca pearls? How to eat green tapioca pearls? How to cook green tapioca pearls well?

When we were young, we all knew the story of "The Frog in the Well", where the little frog lived in the well and naturally assumed the sky was only as big as the opening. In reality, we also have the same "frog in the well" thinking due to our limited range of perception. For example, we often think that Sice should be white and fluffy. However, people who have been to Thailand find that besides white sice, there is also green sice. What is green sice, and how is it different from ordinary sice?

What is green sice?

In China, green sice is a relatively rare food. However, in places like Thailand, green sice is as common as white sice. Green sice is actually not that special; it is not naturally formed but made from white sice with added natural green pigments (like green tea leaves).

Sice, also known as sice, is made from starch extracted from the stem and pith of the sice palm tree. Sice is divided into three types based on grain size: large, medium, and small. In some countries, it is used as a staple food. In China, sice is often used to make desserts. Green sice is also used to make desserts in China, just like ordinary sice.

When cooked, green sice turns a translucent green color and looks very fresh and cute, so it is a favorite among young women.

How to cook green sice

Green sice, like sice, is cooked and then used to make other dishes. However, cooking sice is not a simple task; it requires careful cooking to make it translucent and delicious. Many people who have cooked sice know that sice is easy to overcook. So, how should green sice be cooked?

To cook green sice, remember three key steps: boil, simmer, and rinse. First, boil the water and then add the sice, stir while adding, and don't skip this step, otherwise it will easily stick to the pot and form a lump.

Then, cover the pot and simmer for 10 minutes to allow the sice to fully absorb moisture, then remove the sice and rinse it with cold water. After rinsing with cold water, put the sice back in the pot and cook for 10-15 minutes, while cooking, keep stirring until the sice is translucent.

Finally, pour the sice into a bowl and place it in a large bowl of ice water to prevent it from sticking together. In this way, the translucent and chewy sice is cooked. Cooked green sice can be added to milk or fruit to make various delicious desserts.

How to make delicious green sice

When we talk about sice, we naturally think of various delicious and tempting desserts.Sice pudding,Mango Sice pudding is the most common and popular sice dessert, especially in summer evenings. It is a great way to cool down. In fact, all sice desserts can be replaced with white and translucent sice. Now, let's see how to make delicious green sice.

Green sice pudding

Ingredients: green sice, pure milk,egg,Quail eggs sugar, grapes Grapes Dried.cranberries dried

Method:

1. First, boil water in a pot.

2. Then add sice, cover the pot and boil, then turn off the fire and simmer for about 15 minutes, then turn on the fire and simmer again, if the sice is cooked to transparency, it should have a small white core.

3. Then pour out the remaining water and add pure milk.

4. Add sugar to adjust the flavor. Cook over medium heat.

5. When cooking, wash the dried grapes and cranberries with water, and don't wash the cranberries.

6. Add the washed grapes and cranberries to the pot and cook together.

7. Finally, add one egg (you can break it and add it as you like) and two quail eggs, cook over high heat, then cover the pot and simmer until the eggs are cooked.

Green sice jelly

Ingredients: green sice, rice paper, red kidney beans or red dates

Method:

1. Prepare the ingredients, boil rice paper in boiling water for two minutes and then soak in cold water. This prevents tearing.

2. Put the green sice in a bowl and add water gradually until absorbed, then pour out the remaining water.

3. Cut two sheets of rice paper, trim the ends, and overlap them to form a funnel shape.

4. Add a small amount of green sice and press firmly.

5. Add sliced red dates or red kidney beans, then cover with green sice and press firmly.

6. Use your fingers to press the edges of the rice paper to cover the sice, and fold the corners.

7. Press the two ends of the rice paper tightly, and fold the excess rice paper back to the edge.

8. Tie with cotton thread Rice paper；

9. Place the wrapped rice paper in a pot, add water and cook. After boiling, turn the heat down and simmer for 20 minutes before simmering for another 10 minutes.

Nutritional value of green sice

Sice is not a native Chinese food, it is mainly produced in Indonesia. Green sice is even more interesting. As a dessert companion, green sice itself has no strong flavor, but it has a chewy texture and a fresh and cute color, which is very appetizing. For those who love green sice, do you know that it is also a very nutritious food? Let's take a look at the nutritional value of green sice. To nourish the skin.

Green sice can help restore the natural moisture of the skin. For women who love green sice, they can enjoy delicious desserts and also take care of their skin. Strengthen the spleen and lungs.

Green sice is warm in nature, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach, treat the weakness of the spleen and stomach, and improve digestion. Enhance physique.

Green sice is almost pure starch, containing 88% carbohydrates, 0.5%protein and a small amount of fat and trace amounts of vitamin B, these are all nutrients that our bodies need. Eating more can enhance physique and strengthen immunity. Should green sice be soaked before cooking?

Many people are unsure whether to soak green sice before cooking.

Those who have a clean conscience like to wash all ingredients before cooking. However, sice is made of starch, will it dissolve in water when soaked? If green sice is for babies, the "Mom's Network" recommends soaking it first, because this makes the sice soft and suitable for babies with underdeveloped teeth.

However, for adults, you can simply rinse the sice before cooking.

The main reason is that we don't know the raw materials of sice sold on the market. Many sice will dissolve when soaked in water. And even if the sice is not dissolved in water, the cooked sice will have a soft and mushy texture, which is not chewy.

Therefore, to get chewy and delicious green sice, don't soak it for too long before cooking! Therefore, to enjoy chewy and delicious green rice, don't soak it for too long before cooking!