Gwai Ling Koh (Herbal Jelly)
I made this herbal jelly yesterday. Mom sent several packets to me from the last care package I received.
I could not remember when was the last time I had this. This herbal jelly was manufactured in Hong Kong by the famous Eu Yan Sang Chinese herbal store.
The herbal jelly in this powdered form is easy to make – especially my type of person!
Pour the contents into a bowl, add 250ml water, and mixed it up. Boil 1 liter of water (I only boiled half of what they asked for) and pour the mixed concoction in, add sugar, stir well, and pour it into a container to cool. I put in honey and some Splenda instead of regular sugar. I don’t have any fancy-mancy containers, so poured it into a Rubbermaid container.
DB saw the packet as shown above and the first thing that came out from his mouth is, “What is this?” I told him he will not like it as there is a hint of bitterness to it. He did not say a word then.
For me, I ate half of what’s in that container and stored the rest in the refrigerator. Yummy!!
May 7th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
You should asked DB to try some.
“Try it, try it, you may like it”
- from Dr Suess :)
I notice the white laddle thing on the right of your picture. Is that the laddle or the holder ?
Aiyah, I am being to sound like Mother.
May 8th, 2007 at 5:39 am
Didn’t bother to ask him to try coz when he saw it was black in color, that was it. Same my breath.
The laddle thing is a holder….and yes, you are very much sounding like her :)
May 8th, 2007 at 6:39 am
What to do, I am a deaperate housewife, what. Hahaha
I know you can get this as a gift. – no need to thank me for the idea.(I am also very thick skin). :)
May 9th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
mum used to give this to us for nice skin. didnt quite work for me coz i couldnt handle the taste back then. but now i’m a big girl – np liow! :)
May 10th, 2007 at 5:57 am
Yvy – for some reason I like it a lot more now than before.