Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
1 hour
Difficulty
Easy
Traditional mung bean desserts are quite familiar, right? Today, to change up your taste, TasteVN will reveal to you a brand new recipe for mung bean dessert with snow fungus to “upgrade” the refreshing quality and nutritional value! Let’s get started with cooking right away!
Ingredients for Snow Fungus Mung Bean Dessert Serves 3 people
Mung beans 150 gr Snow fungus 50 gr Raisins 100 gr Jellyfish 100 gr (seaweed for dessert) Rock sugar 400 gr Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon Almonds a little (sliced/ for garnish) Salt a little
How to choose fresh, non-split mung beans
- Good mung beans are those that have an even green color, without any mottling or strange colors on the surface.
- Additionally, you should buy beans that are uniform in size, without significant size differences, and when you press lightly with your nail, they should feel firm and not easily crushed.
- Moreover, pay attention to see if the beans are infested with pests or moldy.
What is snow fungus? Where to buy it?
- Snow fungus is a white resin extracted from the core of the snow fungus tree. Therefore, snow fungus resin is often mixed with fragments of the tree bark.
- From a solid form, after going through the soaking process, snow fungus will become a fibrous form that resembles bird’s nest.
- Initially, snow fungus has a sour taste, but when soaked and expanded, it has almost no taste when eaten.
- With its high nutritional content, snow fungus is now widely known and used by many people.
- Typically, you can buy snow fungus at stalls selling dry food ingredients in traditional markets, or you can buy it at large supermarkets as well as on reputable e-commerce sites.
How to prepare Green Bean and Snow Lotus Dessert
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Soak green beans, snow lotus, and jellyfish
First, the green beans you bought should be placed in a bowl with 500ml of water, soak for about 5 – 6 hours until the beans are soft, then rinse briefly with clean water and let drain.
For the snow lotus, place it in a bowl with 1 liter of water, then put it in the refrigerator refrigerator to soak for 5 – 6 hours, until the snow lotus has fully expanded, then rinse thoroughly and let drain.
Finally, take a bowl, add 15gr of jellyfish (seaweed used for dessert) with 100ml of water, soak the jellyfish until soft for about 30 – 40 minutes, then drain the water, rinse with clean water, let drain, and use a scissors to cut into bite-sized pieces.
Tip: To save time, you can soak the green beans and snow lotus the night before and then proceed to cook!
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Cook the mung beans until soft
Put a pot on the stove, add 150g of mung beans, 1/4 teaspoon of salt, and 1 liter of water, and cook over low heat for about 30 – 45 minutes.
When the mung beans are soft, add 400g of rock sugar and 100g of raisins, use a ladle to stir well until the sugar dissolves within 5 – 7 minutes.
Tip: You can use granulated sugar to replace rock sugar; however, rock sugar will create a more delicate sweetness for the dessert. -
Cook the mung bean snow jelly dessert
Next, add 15g of soaked seaweed, stir gently for 2 minutes, then add all the snow jelly into the pot of mung beans along with 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and gently stir for another 5 minutes before turning off the heat and serving in a bowl.
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Final Product
The mung bean snow jelly is ready! It truly is a unique twist on a refreshing dessert to enjoy on hot sunny days, right?
The mung bean snow jelly is very smooth and velvety, with a just right subtle sweetness that everyone finds irresistible, especially when paired with some raisins and seaweed for a delightful treat!
To make the flavor of the dessert even more complete, add a little sliced almonds! I guarantee everyone who tries it will love it!
So, TasteVN has just brought you an article about how to cook snow green bean dessert that is delicious for you to reference! Why hesitate to show off your skills and let your whole family enjoy this extremely attractive dessert during the hot summer days.
