GAfter Tet, taking in a lot of oil and spicy, heating foods makes the body prone to overheating, breakouts…. and we need a nutritious, safe food that cools the body quickly.
So let's find out with Yến Sào Sài Gòn how to prepare bird's nest dessert with aloe vera and mung beans to help cleanse the body in the days after Tet.
Ingredients to prepare:
10gr bird's nest
50gr mung beans
100gr aloe vera
100ml water
Rock sugar
How to prepare bird's nest dessert with aloe vera and mung beans
For the bird's nest
If it is raw bird's nest (whole nest), we must remove the feathers and impurities.
If it is pre-processed bird's nest (feathers already removed), we should soak the bird's nest in water for about 20 minutes, then discard the soaking water and let it drain.
Put the cleaned bird's nest into a rice bowl (or a small pot), then place it in the prepared pot. Pour water into the pot until it covers about 1/4 of the bowl's height, and double-boil. Steaming time is about 20-30 minutes.
For the aloe vera and mung beans
Peel and wash the aloe vera, cut it into small cubes and add it to boiling water for another 5 minutes.
Cook the mung beans with water until soft, then add the aloe vera, season with sugar to taste, ladle into a bowl and place the bird's nest on top. And so you can enjoy a refreshing bird's nest dessert with aloe vera and mung beans. And if you want to eat it cold, you can add ice.
Benefits of bird's nest dessert with aloe vera and mung beans
Bird's nest dessert with aloe vera and mung beans helps cool the body, detoxify and beautify the skin, because bird's nest consists of 2 main components, glycol and protein. The glyco part includes 7 kinds of sugar that the body absorbs easily. The protein in bird's nest contains up to 18 kinds of amino acids, many of them essential ones that the body cannot synthesise on its own.
It also contains more than 31 macro and trace elements with minerals necessary for the body…. It is rare to find a food with as many health benefits as bird's nest. Bird's nest also dissolves easily in water, so the body absorbs it very easily.
Eating bird's nest regularly will help strengthen the body's immune system, improve heart and liver function, lower blood pressure, improve the respiratory and digestive systems; increase nutrient absorption; liver and kidney function, eliminate toxins in the blood, arthritis, regulate sexual function and cleanse the body in the most effective way.
So hurry and prepare this nutritious dish to look after your health and cool down your body and those of your loved ones after the Tet days.
Yến Sào Sài Gòn wishes you success!