Late to blog again today. This morning woke up early to send Ah Kong and Ah Mah to airport. Still early thought can go eat breakfast geh but it seems to be just not my day. Go Dim Sum shop ..not open..go KFC, closed for monthly spring cleaning.
Go mamak.. ordered maggi sup TAK MAU PEDAS...they gave me maggi curry.....hence kept sipping milo ice while trying to eat.
Papa bought me a can of cold chrysanthemum tea . When Mamarazzi got home she thought..hmm...why not make barley drinks . Its cooler.
Went to the garden and plucked some Pandan leaves. Add a packet of barley into the pot.
We have quite a lot of aloe vera in the garden. Got some and sliced it. Throw into the pot.
The thing is...Papa doesn't take sugared drinks if he can. And both Mamarazzi and me likes our drinks sweet. How? She recall that she have a packet of dried Stevia leaves. Ok..opened and throw a handful of it into the pot. Boiled for about an hour.
Put into the fridge to chill. End result quite good. Taste a bit like boiled sugarcane drink. Cooling.
Okay la...happy weekend to you. School gonna be out soon. Mamarazzi is waiting outside while blogging!
Wow! Good idea! Still have some dried barley lefts. I'm going to make one lah. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletewelcome Azura :)
DeleteAloe vera can masak?? Ok. Growing in my garden. Gonna make this drink. Refreshing indeed.
ReplyDeletecan....dont waste
Deleteaiyoh Ah Kong and Ah Mah go traveling again or back to KT?? good also lah, Uncle SK thinks Mamarazzi got "something else" to plan for tomorrow hor?? hehe.. :p
ReplyDeletegoing back to KT. Prev week fly to Taiwan. May coming again. Duno fly to where.
DeleteYou sooooo pandai ha LOL
aiyoh, Ah Kong and Ah Mah just left and like everything wasn't smooth for Small Kucing ah?? want this don't have this, want that theb give you this, haha!! but interesting to know that KFC is closed for monthly spring cleaning!! Uncle SK thot they open all days leh..
ReplyDeleteYea KFC usually close one day a month for spring cleaning . the do it in the night and re-opens for business at 11am
Deleteoooh Barley drinks!! nice leh, Uncke SK likes, not only drinking the water but also eating the barley grains.. and he goes barli ping kosong all the time leh, used to drink it without sugar.. so Mamarazzi taruh so many things inside, guess already sweet and flavorful enough lah.. got aloe vera leh, nice!!! Uncle SK wants..
ReplyDeleteya ka...Mamarazzi discovered barley can add with other things when she went to Ipoh. There they added jagung
Deleteaiyoh what are those stevia leaves?? Uncle SK have not heard before leh.. taste like sugarcane ah?? Chinese call what?? and one thing Uncle SK notice leh, that last photo is something so rare leh, Mamarazzi decorated the drinks and also used props to take photo, haha!! very good mood ke?? :p
ReplyDeletecantonese call thim Choh. Sweet leaves. If it's fresh from the plant, you pluck and eat it taste very sweet. These dried leaves not that sweet any more
DeleteWow kesian u eat maggi curry... it is hot even for me. and this is the first time i heard of stevia leaves... had to Google them up :D
ReplyDeletehahaha,,,,first time hearing about Stevia when Mamarazzi was offered to review stevia product. Now start to find stevia so that she can plant
DeleteI haven't tried cooking aloe vera with barley. I think it is a good idea.
ReplyDeletegot the idea from the nga choy kai place in Ipoh. They cook barley with jagung
DeleteWeather is hot lately, must drink something cooling to prevent from catching a fever...
ReplyDeleteya wor.
DeleteWow! Would love to have some too. Happy weekend, dear! xoxo
ReplyDeletethanks Shirley :)
Deletebet you can make it much nicer. you have such talent in cooking
It does look lovely for a hot day. I am convinced your mom can make ANYTHING from anything. And make it delicious!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ginny. Yea leave it to chill and drink. would be great
Delete... did not know u can eat Aloe Vera, lil kitten ... smiles ... but please do forget about KFC (which means Kentucky Fried Chicken here in my ,as it is much too fatty and salty for any one) ... Love, cat.
ReplyDeleteOver here there is aloe vera desserts too.
DeleteKFC is the same as yours.
That soup looks really good and you are enjoying it! :)
ReplyDeleteyea it was nice :)
DeleteVery hot here!!! I wish I had that cooling drink too!
ReplyDeleteYou can cook ma. Bet you can be more innovative
DeleteBarley cannot boil for an hour it will lose his cooling effect, boil for half an hour and let it soak for another half hour
ReplyDeleteoh i see. Thanks for the tips. next time boil half hour la
DeleteWeather here is so hot, that cup of barley drink, nice nice...
ReplyDeleteyea wor....
DeleteVery cooling and refreshing.. Mamarazzi very clever, know how to throw this that into the pot and boil.. If me ahh, I only know barley and rock sugar... Slurrpppp...
ReplyDeletegotn inspired by Lou Wong ipoh Chicken Rice. They added jagung
DeleteEven though we have Spring here now---our weather is not hot enough for any 'cooling' drinks yet... Once the Summer gets here and it is very hot, I'm sure we will enjoy a drink like yours then.
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Betsy
wait till summer then :)
Deletethe stevia leaves will gives a sweet taste?
ReplyDeleteyes. the stevia leaves gives sweet taste. too bad i dont have the fresh ones.
DeleteThat's nice for hot days like these few weeks.
ReplyDeletevery hot la the weather
DeleteVery cooling drink for the very hot weather.
ReplyDeletejust nice leh
DeleteEat well, and sleep well.
ReplyDeleteand drink more water
DeleteDon't use sugar is good. If no stevia leaves, next time can boil without sugar and then later add syrup to just a glass of barley drink when Small Kucing wants to drink it so that Paparazzi can also drink the without sugar barley in the pot.
ReplyDeletesyrup is also from sugar unless it's stevia syrup la
DeleteThe result turns out to be so good! Impressive y!!
ReplyDeletehahaha ya lo
DeleteBarley with aloe vera and boiled with pandan leaves! Hmmmm... I can feel it very heong already... OK, tomorrow might do some jelly... I love agar agar/jelly/herbal kwai leen koe... yummmss!
ReplyDeletehahaha.....so fast cme back wanna cook liao....
DeleteNice! So so so so hot here now. Wish someone would cook that for me.
ReplyDeletehahaha....hint hint wink wink Auntie Lucy
DeleteThe result turns out to be so good leh! Like those selling outside one, hehe!
ReplyDeleteOhh, I thought my comment went missing..so I comment again, hahaha...
Deletehahaha...my blog have comment moderation.
Deletejust boiled barley drink last week, next coming will be the Lor Hon Guo dried longan :)
ReplyDeletehahaha...after that what ah.....chrysenthemum?
Deletewe love homemade barley.
ReplyDeleteHeard it's very good
DeleteI am going to try making this I have the Stevia.
ReplyDeleteHope you like it too. Stevia is so versatile. Can add into almost anything
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