Guiling Gao/Black Herbal Jelly Recipes

This herbal jelly also known as Guilin Gao is made of Chinese herbs. It has been treated as medication in the ancient time in China. It's also said to help nourish our yin and clear body heat, while cleansing the body blood of toxins, help improves or cures skin disorder, improving the metabolism rate, relieving cough. I am not sure how true this is but I like it a lot especially the refreshing and slightly bitter taste and the cooling effect. Now this herbal jelly has become a popular dessert and it is usually serve with sugar syrup or honey.

Ingredients:

3 packet/30 gram of the guiling gao powder
½ cup cold water
800 ml boiling water
Some sugar/honey syrup

1. Dissolve the powder into the cold water. Stir well. Pour the boiling water into jelly mixture and stir well. You will notice it will starts to get thicker.
2. Pour it into small serving bowl and let it cool. Once it is cool leave it to chill in the fridge.
3. Serve with sugar syrup or some honey.