赤小豆薏米茶

ingredients:

- 40g 赤小豆 (red rice beans)

- 25g 生薏米 (sheng yi mi or semen coicis)

- 25g 熟薏米 (cooked barley / yi mi pop)

- 1500ml 水 (water)

1. Rinse all the beans few times.

2. Put everything in a pot, cook until it boil.

3. Keep boiling for 1 hour.

4. Ready to drink!

notes:
赤小豆 – 具有健脾胃、利水化濕、潤腸通便、降血壓、降血脂、調節血糖、解毒抗癌、預防結石 和 健美減肥的功效。

生薏米 – 具有祛濕清熱的功效 

熟薏米 – 具有健脾養胃的功效

ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB_sTfArDpw&list=PLUInCyzngSFXeMWRlgXxecFethJcu9uCr&index=4

Korean sweet pancakes with brown sugar syrup filling (hotteok)

ingredients: (makes 12)

yeast water:

- 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast

- 1/4 cup warm water

- 1 tsp sugar

dough:

- 1 tbsp cooking oil

- 1 1/4 cups milk or water

- 1 tsp salt

- 1 tbsp sugar

- 1/2 cup sweet rice flour or glutinous rice flour/ powder

- 2 cups all purpose flour

sweet fillings for 1/2 dough:

- 1/8 cup sugar

- 1/8 cup dark brown sugar

- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder (optional)

- 5 tbsp assorted roasted seeds and granola (substitute nuts) 

salted filling:

- 6 half size ham

- 6 half slices cheese

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yeast water:

- 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast

- 1/4 cup warm water

- 1 tsp sugar

1. Mix yeast and sugar in lukewarm water into a mixing bowl.

2. Wait for 10 mins or until forming.

dough:

- 1 tbsp cooking oil

- 1 1/4 cups milk or water

- 1 tsp salt

- 1 tbsp sugar

- 1/2 cup sweet rice flour or glutinous rice flour/ powder

3. Add vegetable oil, milk or water, salt, sugar, sweet rice flour/glutinous rice flour and stir it well.

- 2 cups all purpose flour

4. Add flour and stir it with spatula until well mix and keep stir it for a while .

5. Let the dough rise. It should sit with the lid closed at room temperature for 1 hour.  After an hour the dough will rise to double its size. Stir it gently, do not knock down all the bubbles.

sweet fillings for 1/2 dough:

- 1/8 cup sugar

- 1/8 cup dark brown sugar

- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder (optional)

- 5 tbsp assorted roasted seeds and granola (substitute nuts) 

salted filling:

- 6 half size ham

- 6 half slices cheese

6. In the meanwhile, prepare the fillings.

7. When the dough is ready, preheat the pan at medium low heat.

8. Wet the hands with water, and gentle take out a small dough ball, flatten it and put filling in the centre of the dough, and then seal it to make a ball.

9. Pan fry the filling dough until the bottom side is light golden brown.  Turn it over and press the dough with a spatula or hotteok press to make a thin and wide circle.

10. Let it cook about 1 minute until the bottom is golden brown.  Turn it over again and turn down the heat very low.

11. Place the lid on the pan and cook 1 more minute. The brown sugar filling mixture will be melted to syrup!

ref: https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/hotteok, and https://www.koreanbapsang.com/hotteok-sweet-korean-pancakes/