During one of our trips to the Pasar Malam (Night Market), Mamarazzi saw this stall selling sweet corns.
Apart from sweet corn they seems to be selling the "hair"(what do you call that...the strands of hair in the corn? is it "silk"?)
A bag of these cost RM2. Mamarazzi asked the vendor what are the uses of the "hair".
Actually Ah Mah had said before that boiling the "hair" with Barley have medicinal value. It will help greatly for those who have cough.
But the vendor says boiling the "hair" with barley will help with the "wee wee" problem for men. Said some men after a certain age will have problem to wee wee. Drinking this, will help the shh shh come out easily.
Anyway, she bought some corn instead. Steam for me and Papa to eat.
She kept the "hair". Hmmm....this corn is a bit Botak like me. Not much "hair"
Just small bunch of "hair" from three cob of corn.
A packet of Barley.
Throw everything in the pot and boil for about 45minutes.
Jeng! Jeng! Barley.......for me.
A taste....
I don't like. I want Ribena can ah?
haha..small kucing is so cute..I would prefer barley alone..
ReplyDeleteLOL...just trying experiement since have the extra silk
DeleteYes, I heard the samething about the goodness of this "hair" thingy. It is good if you can boil frequently for the whole family to drink.
ReplyDeletetoo bad he doesnt like it much. Probably coz not sweet enough
DeleteLast time, my father had diabetes (from drinking Coca Cola every day, two bottles at least...at his shop). He dried the corn hair...and then boiled to make tea to drink. Eventually, no more diabetes.
ReplyDeleteoh really ah...good wor
Deleteooo I did't know that. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI want to laugh seeing the expression on SK face. hehehe...
ReplyDeleteWoa.. I didn't know that the 'hair' was useful in medication. When I was child, I use that hair to become our 'mi goreng' when playing 'masak-masak'. hehehe...
Can try lah this method since my husband now is not yet recovering from cough.
didnt know about it till MIL say so and the Jagung man said too
DeleteBarley with corn "hair" help wee wee? I thought barley drinks itself is to help wee wee already?
ReplyDeleteDora
duno...that is what the man said
Deletei love corn but those hair like strands makes it difficult to eat haha
ReplyDeleteya have to take out the silk
Deletei prefer corn with a lot of margarine and salt but there are some varieties that seems to be good as well those with cheese powder and those that were grilled haha
ReplyDeleteSame here...some are very sweet too
Deleteim not familiar with barley but ive seen a suplementary tea with that flavor so i supposed it was a healthy grain
ReplyDeleteit's suppose to be good for the body
Deletehave a great day and happpy bloggin small kucing god bless you and your family always
ReplyDeletesame to you MeCoy :)
DeleteI have been throwing away the hair after using corns. Now I know what to do. Not sure whether I will like the taste but why not to something new and for health purposes.
ReplyDeleteYa next time keep and make drink
Deleteoooh, i didn't know the corn hair got such medication function huh.. and i think it won't have very strong taste right?? i don't mind having it with the barley together..
ReplyDeleteno strong taste. Just makes the barley smell of corn . No need add pandan leaf
Deletehahaha, yalor, instead of buying that for RM2.. might as well just buy the corns that comes with the hair right?? can eat the corn, and then use the hair to cook the drinks..
ReplyDeletetu la Mamarazzi thinking of that LOL...kedekut
Deleteyou steam your corn ah?? did you know you can also cook that using microwave, and save lots of water?? just wrapped the corn (of course the skin removed) with wet kitchen roll, then place them into the microwave about 7 mins at high power.. viola, they are done!! it's because of some principles of convention circulation of the steam that cook the corn, simple and quick!!
ReplyDeleteya ka? Never tried. Takut like eggs they meletup :p
DeleteI have never heard of using the corn hairs for any reason lol! Too bad they don't taste too good!
ReplyDeletecoz Mamarazzi did not add sugar when she boil the barley
DeleteYa, I love barley drink too, help to reduce water retention !
ReplyDeleteooo ya hor...lupa
DeleteDidn't know it was a thing, the corn "hair", I mean.
ReplyDeleteWhoda thunk.
The last picture and caption made me laugh out loud. I sure didn't know about this jagung hair thingy. Thanks for sharing that.
ReplyDeleteYou got wee wee problem at night, meh, for one so young? Of course not, hor? You know, I was told that for kids, "sang soke ee mai" is better than the regular barley because it is not so 'hon leong'. It's good for the whole family too. You can get that from the Chinese sinseh shop.
Have bought the sang soke Yee mai before but not accustomed to it's smell
DeleteNormally I will just throw away those hair. Perhaps I should keep it:-)
ReplyDeleteya keep and try cooking it
DeleteBoils the corn hair with barley, must be good in treating UTI. I have bad UTI after coming back from Perlis. I drink plenty of water and that make me visiting toilet every 5 mins. Sigh! I hope I am in time to recover before going to KL.
ReplyDelete:( maybe can try this
DeleteSomething new to me.
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