Job's Tears / Coix Seed (Yi Mi)
体の湿気を追い出す！モチモチ食感の「美肌の穀物」
Description
Hulled seeds of the grass family 'Job's Tears' (also called 'Yi Yi Ren' in Chinese). Medically said to 'expel excess water (dampness) from the body and relieve edema'. Cooking yields a bouncy chewiness far stronger than rice, consumed massively in Cantonese medicinal soups and sweet congees (like Eight Treasure Congee).
Classification: Everyone, Ingredient, Grain, Medicinal, Job's Tears, Yi Mi, For Soup, Porridge, Detox
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How to use
Ingredients
- Hulled seeds of Coix lacryma-jobi(Job's Tears)
Instructions
- [Typical Uses]
- [Winter Melon, Job's Tears & Rib Soup]: Summer Cantonese staple. Simmer Job's Tears for hours with pork spareribs and winter melon.
- [Eight Treasure Congee]: Cook into sweet congee with rice, red beans, and jujubes.
- Boil with red beans to drink as 'Detox Water'.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Grainy aroma like barley、and a very strong chewy texture between rice and mochi
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Can be perfectly substituted with JP supermarket 'Polished Job's Tears'
Pairing
Winter Melon & Rib Soup / Eight Treasure Congee / Red Bean Detox Water
Trivia
For Chinese women, the combo of Job's Tears and Red Beans is common sense as the 'ultimate anti-edema/beauty skin drink'. Also hugely popular as a Boba milk tea topping.
Eating tips & etiquette
When adding to soup or congee, rather than boiling raw, dry-roasting it briefly on low in a pan (until slightly yellow) before use increases roasted aroma and elevates its stomach-warming medicinal effects.
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