I’m not sure what it is, but I love grass jelly. It’s strangely bland and herbal tasting, but add a little bit of simple syrup and it’s so delicious and cheap! One can runs about 89 cents and they offer green, black, and yellow kinds now. I prefer the green but black is a close second. I have yet to try yellow which is ai yu jelly from Taiwan and made from “the seeds of a fig plant” according to Wikipedia. Maybe it’s the FOB in me but between that and durian ice cream, I will eat them both up.
I’ve always wondered what the green jelly was made of and I’ve seen mini-plastic packs of it in Little Saigon that resemble the canned green jelly I find. I shall pick it up next time in town and let you know if it indeed a fresh version. The black kind is made of some Chinese herbal plant though to have cooling properties but what’s the green jelly made of? Regardless I consume it. Do not consume it if you’re a lady afraid of getting pregnant, the black grass jelly as a high estrogen content (as does soy).
How to make grass jelly:
Chill your can of grass jelly, I prefer green but black is good too. Cut the can of jelly (better if you can find it fresh somewhere in your local Asian specialty store) into 1 cm cubes.
Combine 1 cup of sugar with 3 cups of water to make a syrup. You can make it a 1:1 ratio of sugar and water and then add ice cubes if you’re too impatient to chill the mixture afterwards. Enjoy or pour over some shaved ice. Yum.
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