Green Grass Jelly with Coconut Milk and Coconut Sugar

Green Grass Jelly with Coconut Milk and Coconut Sugar

In my country, grass jelly is usually served as a refreshing drink, of course by adding ice, because there are only two seasons, rainy and dry season.

In the dry season is a very suitable time to drink grass jelly ice, because during this season the temperature will feel hot and it is well known that one of the benefits of grass jelly is able to reduce body heat, and provide a fresh effect on the body.

Very common serving of grass jelly is adding coconut milk, palm sugar, and ice cubes, for the grass jelly, which one can be chosen, whether green grass jelly or black grass jelly, both are the same.

But because green grass jelly is easier to make, then the average consumed is green grass jelly, to find out how to easily make green grass jelly, please visit this page.

Grass jelly which is served with coconut milk and coconut sugar or palm sugar, is very easy to find, because many also sell grass jelly ice, we can easily meet these jelly ice sellers around schools, markets, on the roadside, or also can be waited at home because there are mobile sellers who offer to the house, or can also order through Facebook groups buying and selling groups that offer this drink, and will be delivered to the house, oh, grass jelly ice is sold at very affordable prices for the size of Indonesian people, yes. if you exchange it to US dollars, the most expensive price is not up to $1 for one serving.

Besides being consumed as a refreshing drink, grass jelly can also be used as a dessert

The following is the easiest way to make grass jelly ice with coconut milk and coconut sugar.

Ingredient :

Green grass jelly

Coconut milk

Coconut sugar

Boiled water

Ice Cube

Equipment :

Small basin

Pan

Glass

Spoon

How to make :

1. Choose an old coconut, then make coconut milk, cook coconut milk until it boils for a while.

2. Melt the coconut sugar by cooking, mix with a glass of water, stir until the sugar is rather thick.

3. Prepare a glass, enter the grass jelly, coconut milk, and melted coconut sugar, and ice cubes, then stir until evenly distributed

3. Coconut grass jelly ice and sugar is ready to be consumed

How To Make Green Grass Jelly from Scracth

Grass jelly or commonly referred to as Cincau in Indonesia, or referred to as suong sam in Vietnam, is jelly made by squeezing the leaves of certain plants, extracts from the plant will clot to form jelly because of the carbohydrate content of the plant which is able to bind water molecules.

Grass jelly is usually made as a beverage refill ingredient, or can also be served as a dessert.

Grass jelly does not have a taste, because it needs the addition of other food ingredients, such as milk, tea, sweeteners, and fruits.

Making grass jelly now is not difficult, because currently available grass jelly powder that has been sold freely and is very easy to make.

Grass jelly can be divided into two, namely green grass jelly and black grass jelly.

To make green grass jelly and black grass jelly have different processes, because these two types of grass jelly also come from different plants.

How to make green grass jelly

Green grass jelly can be made using leaves of grass jelly vine and shrubs grass jelly, from these two plants, green grass jelly will be obtained, in the making process, it should be noted the ratio between the number of leaves and the amount of water used.

Because if the ratio of the number of grass jelly and water is not appropriate, it can result in failure in making grass jelly.

Another factor that will determine the quality of grass jelly made is the selection of grass jelly leaves, choose an old grass jelly leaves, because the old leaves have more carbohydrates.

In making green grass jelly, try to use more grass jelly leaves and use enough boiled water, because this will affect the level of success in making grass jelly.

In this post, grass jelly is used grass jelly vines, for the process of making grass jelly with shrubs grass plants, the process is exactly the same.

How to make

1. The first step is the process of taking grass jelly leaves, selecting and select old grass jelly leaves, which have dark green characteristics, and the leaves are a bit stiff.

Selecting and select old grass jelly leaves

2. Using a bucket, wash the grass jelly with running water. use your hands to stir so the leaves are clean. rinse with water can be done 2 times

Washing grass jelly vine with running water

3. After the leaves are clean, transfer leaves to another container, in this container, the grass jelly leaves will be kneaded.

Transfer grass jelly leaves to another container

Grass jelly leaves transfer to a new container

4. Mix with boiled water, or sterile water that is often drunk.

Mix with clean water

5. Then, using both hands, squeeze and turn the grass jelly to shatter, and the water turns green and foamy, this process is carried out so that the jelly is formed, squeeze for about 15-20 minutes or until it feels the water has started to thicken.

Squeezing grass jelly vines with both hand

Grass jelly leaves make a jelly and foamed after squeezing

Foamed grass jelly vine leaves

Grass jelly vine leaves after finish squeezing

6. Take another container and filter, then filter grass jelly juice to separate grass jelly and leaves that have been destroyed.

Juice of grass jelly leaves after filtered

7. Then leave it in the container for approximately 1 hour, or when it is felt that the grass jelly has thickened.

After one hour, grass jelly ready consumed

8. Done, jelly is ready to be consumed.

To make it clearer in making grass jelly from scratch, please refer to the video display below on how to make your own green grass jelly review easily.

Green Grass Jelly, Plants, How To Make and Benefit

Green grass jelly or called "Cincau" is a gel that is similar to jelly, which is obtained from soaking leaves or stems of certain plants with water, the gel will be formed because the leaves or stems of these plants contain carbohydrates that can bind water molecules.

Grass jelly has a fresh and tasteless taste with a distinctive aroma

Types of Plants for making Green Grass Jelly

Natural green grass jelly is most widely used as a main component of refreshing drinks, for example in green grass jelly ice.

Vines Green Grass Jelly Plants

Vines Grass jelly (Cyclea barbata), as the name implies is a soft trunked plant that creeps by twisting. The stem is dark green. The length of the stem can reach 13 - 16 ft, to reach a location that gets sunlight. The heart-shaped leaves are rather round, dark green and filled with fine hair. The length and width of the leaves are about 4 inch. Tapered leaf tips. Vines Grass jelly always has two households. Namely male and female flowers are on two different plants. Male and female flowers in the form in small panicles that grow hanging from the former axillary leaves (stem segments). The fruit is in the form of berries which also form with oval beads measuring 0.19 inch. When young, the fruit is green and brownish white when ripe. Inside this fruit there are black seeds that can be sowed.

Vines Grass jelly forms rhizomes (tubers) in the soil. Tuber length can be up to 20 inch. with a diameter of 0,7 - 1 inch. The color of the tuber skin is bright brown with a whitish inside. With this tuber, Vines grass jelly plants that dry completely in the dry season, at the beginning of the rainy season will grow new plants.

Green Grass Jelly Shrubs

Grass jelly shrubs leaves are oval shaped with tapered ends. The color of the leaves is also dark green with a width of 3 inch. and its length is 5 inch. the leaves have a smooth and sleek texture but are stiff and thick.

Branches and branches of grass jelly shrubs will always issue hanging roots as well as in ficus plants.

Propagation of grass jelly shrubs is enough to do with cuttings. The cuttings should be taken from branches or branches that have brown skin. Better yet, if the branches or branches have been overgrown by hanging roots.

Easy Ways to Make Grass Jelly

For how to make grass jelly yourself at home it's very easy, just prepare the following materials and equipment:

Material :

- Old grass jelly leaves 30 sheets

- 800 ml Water

Equipment :

- 2 small basins

- Filters, can use a thin cloth

Making Steps

1. Clean with running water, grass jelly leaves that are old to clean.

2. Place the grass jelly on the basin, give a little water and knead squeeze until the leaves are destroyed.

3. After the grass jelly leaves have been crushed, add water and squeeze again for 15-20 minutes.

4. After feeling a mixture of grass jelly and water is rather thick, filter with a filter or a thin cloth.

5. Then let stand for 45 minutes - 1 hour until the grass jelly thickens and forms a gel.

6. Grass jelly is ready for consumption

Benefits of Green Grass Jelly

According to research, green grass jelly has properties to control high blood pressure. The substances contained in green grass jelly can be used as medicinal ingredients, in addition to being used as a refreshing drink.

Latin plant called Cyclea barbata and included in the tribe of Menispermaceae the leaves have been studied containing carbohydrates, polyphenols, saponins, flavonoids and fats. Calcium, phosphorus, vitamins A and B are also found in green grass jelly leaves.

Research on the efficacy of grass jelly to treat high blood pressure was ever carried out by Prof. Dr. Sardjito, Dr. Rajiman and Dr. Bambang Suwitho from the Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. In that study patients were given 5 grams of fresh grass jelly, crushed with 150 cc of boiled water and then squeezed. The juice is given to patients to drink twice a day.

The trial was conducted on patients suffering from high blood pressure with age above 40 years. The result, the patient experienced a significant decrease in blood pressure. Then, a patient who was 70 years old and his blood pressure reached 215mm / 120mm experienced a decrease in blood pressure to 160mm / 100mm within one month after consuming grass jelly. Complaints of dizziness, often tired and unable to maintain lost body balance and weight loss.

In addition, the fiber content in grass jelly is also high. Research on grass jelly revealed there were 6.23 grams per 100 grams of crude fiber content in the grass jelly gel.

This means that if grass jelly is consumed together with fruits and vegetables everyday it can be sufficient to meet the daily fiber needs of 30 grams so that it can help fight degenerative diseases such as coronary heart disease. Meanwhile the calories contained are 122 calories and 6 grams of protein.

Other Benefits of Green Grass Jelly:

Stomach Heat, High Blood Pressure

Provide 20 pieces of green grass jelly leaves and then washed clean. Squeeze and then give 1 glass of cold drinking water then filter with a cloth. Add lime according to taste. Leave it in a cool place until it becomes jelly. Put in a glass and give honey, or other sweeteners and drink.

Dysentery

Make a potion as mentioned in number one. Drink for a week in a row.

Sprue

Do it with the ingredients as mentioned in number one for 5-7 consecutive days.

Boils

Provide enough green grass jelly leaves. Wash thoroughly then crushed and taped to the festering part. This is efficacious for removing pus.

Fever

Take the grass jelly plant rhizome, wash clean and then finely sliced. Boil with enough water. Drink this mixture after cooking. The rhizome can also be brewed with enough hot water then drink.

Although green grass jelly can be made with 2 different types of grass jelly plant, but for consumption and has many health benefits is the green grass jelly vines.

Green Grass Jelly, and Make Fresh Drink With Coconut Sugar

Green Grass Jelly Ice

Have you ever drink ice with a green ingredient that has a soft, chewy, and slippery texture when it is taken using a spoon. if not then you should try, because cold drinks with this ingredient are very easy to find in my place of residence, even actually making it yourself at home is very easy, but sometimes it is the feeling of laziness which then removes the intention to make and buy it from street seller who pass in front of the house too be a choice.

The ingredient I mean above are green grass jelly, if in my place, it called “Cincau”, yes, this ingredient derived from plants which if further processed it will become green grass jelly.

When viewed in terms of its name, green grass jelly comes from the Chinese language in China Dialek it called Hokkian sienchau, cin cau, and indeed the grass jelly-producing plant originates from there, but because of the climate in my country, it has a tropical climate, a plant with the name Melastoma polyanthum B, Very easy to grow and do not need extra care in cultivation, this plant has the characteristics of propagating in other plants.

In conducting the cultivation of grass jelly plants, the community where I live usually only plant these plants in front of the house, or close to the fence, because of the nature of these plants that propagate. besides having a unique taste and chewy shape, grass jelly turns out to have many benefits for our health.

Green Grass jelly is used as an ingredient that is widely used in beverage products, especially ice, which is sold by many street seller event restaurants. this cincau, have all ready long time ago used as main component to make an ice drink.

Ok, in this article I will share with you how to make grass jelly, and I have included a video below that you can watch if my explanation in making grass jelly is less clear, and make a fresh drink of grass jelly with coconut and coconut sugar ingredients, ok, let's move on.

Green grass jelly leaves

Green Grass Jelly Leaves

Leaves of grass jelly plant has a characteristic green small leaves, in green grass jelly leaves have quite a lot of chlorophyll, or dyes on the leaves, in addition to being a dye, chlorophyll is also an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer, this is widely mentioned in many literature.

Grass jelly plants are plants with vines, with stems with downy feathers, characteristic of the leaves are ovoid and have an equilateral triangle or a broad triangle, the bottom of the hairy leaves.

How to make green grass jelly

After we find the grass jelly plant, so if we want to make grass jelly for drinks, then follow the steps below :

1. Take the grass jelly leaves which are still fresh green
2. Wash the leaves with water thoroughly, then take the leaves from the washing bucket by hand and transfer to a new container
3. Enter the water that has been cooked into a container containing grass jelly leaves, approximately 2 liters
4. Squeeze the leaves of Grass Jelly while occasionally tearing the leaves to remove the jelly found in the leaves.
 - Squeeze and rip leaves and squeeze and repeat for about 30-45 minutes.
 - After squeezing and squeezing for 45 minutes then the water will thicken and foam.
 5. Perform filtering to separate water and leaves
 6. After filtering, then let stand for 1 hour at room temperature so that the juice of jelly grass thickens.
 7. Finish in making green grass jelly.

The above process is step by step to make grass jelly, after the grass jelly is ready, now we will make fresh brown sugar ice with coconut milk mixture.

Brown sugar green grass jelly mixture

1. Take half of the old coconut, grated and then mix 1 bowl of water, squeeze and squeeze once, to get thick coconut milk
2. Use 1 brown sugar, or coconut sugar, weighing about 1 ounce, slice small then cook, add 250 ml of water, then cook over low heat until boiling for about 20 minutes until the sugar thickens.
3. prepare ice cubes, and glasses.

How to make brown sugar grass jelly

 1. Take a glass, put enough grass jelly into the glass
 2. Add coconut milk according to taste
 3. Add thick coconut sugar according to taste
 4. Add enough ice cubes, then stir with a spoon
 5. Brown Sugar green Grass Jelly ice ready to drink.

Similarly, a little review of grass jelly and how to make brown sugar jelly ice easily, if it is incomplete, please refer to the video below, hopefully it helps, thank you.