Saturday, November 17, 2012

Swiftlet's Nest with Gingkoes Syrup


Ingredients
- 113 g soaked swiftlet's nest
- 75 g gingkoes
- 2 red dates
- 94 g rock sugar
- 4 cups of water

Method
1. Remove shells from gingkoes and soak in boiling water for a while.
2. Remove membrane and stalks.
3. Wash red dates and remove pits.
4. Put red dates and gingkoes into a pot.
5. Add 4 cups of water and stew it for 30 minutes.
6. Rinse rock sugar, and add it to the pot.
7. Cook it until rock sugar melted completely.
8. Add the swiftlet's nest and stew it for another 10 minutes.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Swiftlet's Nest with Fresh Fruit


Ingredients
- 113 g soaked swiftlet's nest
- 94 rock sugar
- suitable amount of melon balls
- suitable amount of honey-dew melon balls
- 2 cups of water

Method
1. Crushed rock sugar and put it to a pot.
2. Add 2 cups of water, and cook it until the rock sugar has dissolved.
3. Pour syrup into a steaming pot.
4. Add swiftlet's nest and stewed it for 30 minutes.
5. When swiftlet's nest and syrup cooled down, add fruit balls.