Barley beancurd dessert. How to make a silky smooth barley bean curd dessert. Beancurd skin ginkgo nut barley dessert is a popular dessert among Asian, it is a light and nutritious dessert with a rich soy milk taste. A close-up shot of Chinese bean curd, ginkgo nuts, and barley sweet soup (腐竹白果薏米糖水).

I bought the vacuum packed type. This is the most tedious part. Add gingko nuts and soaked beancurd sheets. You can Cook Barley beancurd dessert using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Barley beancurd dessert

What You needis of holland barley.
It's of beancurd for dessert.
What You needis of pre-boiled gingko nuts.
It's of rock sugar.
Lets Go Prepare of pcs pandan leaves, knotted.

Gently stir the soup with a spatula. Cover the inner pot with lid and transfer it into the Shuttle Chef® outer pot. This dessert can also be made simply with just the green beans and sweetened with rock sugar, or paired with a number of supporting Both the mung beans and barley are known to have a "cooling effect" to help the body clear excess "heat" in Chinese medicine. Bean Curd Sheet / Fu Chok.

Barley beancurd dessert instructions

Wash clean holland barley. There are 2 different type of barley that can be easily found in singapore. Chinese barley has cooling properties, but the taste is a bit funny. Holland barley tastes nicer, suitable for dessert but some says it can cause phlegm. I use holland barley for this dessert as i like the taste more..
Smash the beancurd sheet to smaller pieces. Pls make sure you use the one for dessert. There is other type of beancurd sheet for soup too but it is more oily and the texture is different..
Now the gingko nuts. I bought the pre-boiled gingko nuts. Some says that we need to remove the core to avoid any bitter taste in this dessert..
Prepare 3L of water, cook barley and beancurd together. Add pandan leaves. I use pressure cooker so it takes me like 5 mins and all are tender already. Beancurd will be very soft like porridge consistency. Some people doesn’t like porridge consistency so you can cook the beancurd later on. If you use normal pot/pan, it probably takes 30 minutes to cook the barley till tender..
Add gingko nuts and boil for another 10 minutes. Add rock sugars to taste..
Done! Can be served cold or warm. I like mine cold..

Make sure it's the thin type specially made for desserts. Soaked and break into smaller pieces. Ginkgo Barley with Dried Beancurd Skin Dessert 白果薏米腐竹糖水 This is one of my favourite Chinese desserts of all time. Be sure to buy the soft type of bean curd skin. Barley is researched to have the capabilities of reducing lower cholesterol levels.