Job's Tears (Pearl Barley)
美肌とむくみ解消の神様！台湾スイーツと薬膳スープの白くてモチモチな穀物
Description
Hulled 'Job's Tears (accurately a type of tear grass)'. Believed good for beauty in Taiwan, sweet-simmered atop shaved ice, or braised in medicinal soup with pork intestines.
Classification: For Women,Grains,Edible Beauty Serum
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How to use
Ingredients
- Job's Tears(Coix seed/Pearl barley)
Instructions
- [Prep/Usage]
- [Rehydrating & Boiling] Harder than rice, so soak in water for hours to overnight. Boil in plenty of water until soft and chewy (~
- mins-
- hr).
- [Si Shen Tang (Medicinal Soup)] A massive night market staple soup. Simmer this Yi Ren and herbs (lotus seeds, etc.) with parboiled pork intestines/stomach. Yi Ren absorbs pork umami, becoming fluffy.
- [Shaved Ice/Mung Bean Soup Topping] Sweet-simmer boiled Yi Ren with sugar, dumping heavily into summer 'Shaved Ice (Cua Bing)' or 'Mung Bean Soup (Lü Dou Tang)'. The chewy texture acts as a boba substitute.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
Rustic grain aroma and faint sweetness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Rolled barley or glutinous barley (texture sub)
Pairing
Shaved ice, Si Shen Tang (Pork offal medicinal soup), Mung bean soup
Trivia
[For Women] In Chinese medicine, said to 'expel excess heat and moisture (dampness) from the body', loved historically in hot/humid Taiwan as an 'edible AC & dehumidifier'. Believed especially effective for skin whitening and debloating; Taiwanese women actively choose this 'Yi Ren' topping over boba when eating sweets.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Drink 'Yi Ren Jiang (a warm, sweet, gooey special drink of simmered Yi Ren)' instead of soy milk at Taiwanese breakfast shops to boost beautiful skin from the morning!
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