A few years back, I bought a really powerful Taiwanese blender called Shelina.

The blender came with a cook book. It didn’t state the author’s name, but it’s interesting nevertheless.

The recipe is as below.

6 water chestnuts
40 grams celery
100 grams pineapple chunks
1 orange peeled and seeded
300 cc cold water
2 cups ice cube
1 tablespoon honey

Blend it all in a power blender until everything is pulp. Serve in a beautiful glass.

<notes from Jasmin. If you don’t have a power blender, sieve out the ingredients after blending to get a smoother drink>

Water chestnuts are “cold” food, it detox the body and relief it of heat and irritation.

From the Chinese medicine point of view, water chestnuts are good for treatments of jaundice, hepatitis and constipation.

Do not eat it if you have a stomach illness and diarrhea.

<I had to edit it a bit because it wasn’t written properly in English. Water chestnuts can also be sub with jicamas or seng kuangs as both have similar taste>

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This is called pearl corn because of the white kernels..

Pearl Corn is different from the normal corn because it is so sweet, have bigger kernels and can be eaten fresh. It is more expensive than regular corn but it is worth the money.

Corn can be eaten raw, and it tastes best when it’s just ripen and freshly picked. The husks by the way makes excellent organic plate scrubber at the sink. My mother-in-law gathers the husks, fold it and ties it together with a thin rubber band (there’s thin and there’s the thick rubber bands). She then scrubs the plates with a bit of water and dishwashing liquid. Such an environmentally friendly tool.

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