Red Bean Barley with lily bulbs

I was thinking of cooking curry and bought all the ingredients. But coming home to a husband who told me his tummy was unwell. I told myself it has to be the medication the doctor prescribe to him that is causing the discomfort. This cervical spondylosis is causing him so much numbness and pain. Now the stomach! 

To worsen matter, he isn't sleeping well at night. Not sure if this constitute to his weak stomach. 

So I decided to brew something nutritious and easy to eat. I came up with Red Bean + Barley + Lily Bulbs.
It is easy to prepare. All you need are
Ingredients

1 cup of red beans
1 cup of pearl barley

A handful of lily bulbs

Honey rock sugar to your liking

3/4 pot full of water

Note: you can adjust the amount of red beans and pearl barley to use. 

Direction

1. Rinse the red beans & barley separately. Pick those bad beans and barley out. Place them in a pot. 

2. Fill the pot with 3/4 full water. Brew the red beans and barley on medium heat. 

3. Rinse the lily bulbs and soak them in a bowl of water. Set aside.

4. Once the water is boiling, lower the heat and add in the rock honey sugar. *depends on your taste level for sweetness. Adjust accordingly.

Brew on low heat for half an hour.

5. Discard the bowl of water and add in the lily bulbs. Continue to let the soup brew till your liking. 

*If u like the beans to be mushy, brew it for an hour. 

Here you have it, a bowl of sweet nutritious soup that my husband eats for his lunch and tea break yesterday. It can fill the stomach and warms it. Give it a try the next time you are feeling under the weather.

Green Bean Barley Dessert

With the heat and the haze, we need to cool the internal heat of our body.
Green bean and barley are known to have lots of benefits. And I am not going to bore you guys up with the lengthy goodness. So I will just go straight into the recipe.

Ingredients
1 cup green beans
1/2 cup of pearl barley
1/4 cup of sago
4 pandan leaves
8 strips of candied winter melons
2 pieces of honey rock sugar
2 to 2.5 litre of water
Directions
Wash the pandan leave thoroughly. There tends to be soil trapped between the leaves.
Once washed, tie the pandan leaves into a knot.
Place this pandan knot in the pot of water and start the heat at high,
Rinse the green beans and pearl barley. Add them into the pot of water
Bring it to a boil.
Rinse the sago in a small bowl. Add some hot water and leave it to soak for 5 minutes.
Drain and pour the sago into the pot.
Lower the heat.
Add the candied winter melons and honey rock sugar. Give it a few stirs.
If it isn't sweet enough for you, add more candied winter melons/honey rock sugar.
Let it simmer til your preference. *I like my green beans & barley fluffy just like in the photo.
Turn off the heat.
You can serve it hot or chill it and serve later.
Cheers!