Delicious, beautiful, and refreshing summer dishes made from butterfly pea flowers grown on balconies

Butterfly pea flower ornamental plants are grown by many people on balconies. Delicious dishes made from butterfly pea flowers are not only beautiful but also delicious and unique. One of the most popular dishes is butterfly pea flower sticky rice with a beautiful jade green color, delicious aroma, sticky rice grains and fatty taste thanks to coconut milk. The dish not only creates a special flavor but is also good for health. You can apply the method of making butterfly pea flower sticky rice according to the instructions of Ms. Nhi in Ha Dong ( Hanoi ) below.

* Ingredients for making blue pea flower sticky rice

+ 500gr sticky rice

+ 10gr butterfly pea flower

+ pandan leaves

+ 200gr shredded coconut

+ Glutinous rice: 500gr

+ 50gr roasted peanuts

+ Sugar

* How to make blue pea flower sticky rice

Step 1: Soak sticky rice in diluted salt water overnight, then rinse and drain. Add grated coconut to 50ml of water to squeeze out coconut milk.

Wash the butterfly pea flowers and boil them with about 50ml of water until the water turns dark, then turn off the heat. Use a sieve to filter the butterfly pea flower water, pour it into the coconut milk and stir well, add 50g of sugar.

Step 2:

Wash the pandan leaves and put them in the pot of water below the steamer. Next, put the sticky rice in the pot to steam for about 20-30 minutes. When the sticky rice is just cooked, mix it with the blue pea flower coconut milk and steam until the sticky rice is cooked. Finally, put the roasted peanuts on top to complete the dish or you can dip it when eating.

2. Butterfly pea flower jelly dessert to cool down on summer days

* Ingredients for making butterfly pea flower jelly tea

+ 5gr soft jelly

+ 100 gr sugar

+ 10gr butterfly pea flower powder

+ 200ml coconut milk

+ 100ml unsweetened fresh milk

+ 50gr shredded coconut

* How to make butterfly pea flower jelly

Boil the butterfly pea flowers with 500ml of water to release the color; Mix the jelly powder with sugar and then pour in the butterfly pea flower water and boil together. Then, pour into a round mold, cover the mold and use a heavy object to press down to form round jelly balls.

Let the jelly cool, put it in the refrigerator to let it solidify. Next, add coconut milk, fresh milk, sugar to the stove and cook over low heat, simmer until it boils, then turn off the stove and season to taste.

When the jelly has solidified, take it out and add coconut milk, fresh coconut and ice cubes to enjoy the butterfly pea flower dessert. In the summer, this dish is very good for cooling down.

3. Butterfly pea flower jelly

Ms. Diem Hien in Ho Chi Minh City shared a simple recipe for making butterfly pea flower jelly below:

* Ingredients for making butterfly pea flower jelly

+ 5gr butterfly pea flower

+ 500ml fresh coconut water

+ 400ml coconut milk

+ 300ml young coconut pulp

+ 6gr agar powder

+ Sugar, salt, filtered water

* How to make butterfly pea flower jelly

Step 1: Boil the butterfly pea flowers with 200ml of water for about 5-7 minutes until the color turns blue, then remove the flowers to get the water. To make coconut jelly, add the ingredients to the pot, including 3g of agar powder, coconut milk, sugar and a little salt, stir well and cook. During the cooking process, keep the heat low, stir constantly until the agar powder dissolves completely, then turn off the stove.

For the green jelly, mix butterfly pea flower water and fresh coconut water and bring to a boil. Then add the remaining jelly powder and sugar and stir until dissolved.

Step 2:

After preparing the ingredients, prepare a mold, pour the coconut jelly on top and let it set for about 3-5 minutes to cool. Next, pour the butterfly pea water on top and let it cool. Do this in alternating batches until you finish the mixture. Once the jelly has set, put it in the refrigerator. When you eat, take it out and add some sliced ​​young coconut on top to make it both delicious and cool.

4. Dumplings made from butterfly pea flowers

* Ingredients for making dumplings from butterfly pea flowers:

+ 210gr peeled and headless shrimp

+ 15g tapioca starch

+ Salt, cooking oil, wine, salt, pepper

+ 20gr carrots

The crust consists of 115ml butterfly pea flower water; 5ml lemon juice; 120gr flour.

* How to make dumplings from butterfly pea flowers

+ First, clean the shrimp, take the top 2 segments of the shrimp body for crispness. Chop the rest of the shrimp to combine with the filling.

Mix into the shrimp a little salt, 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, 3 tablespoons of wine, 20g of carrots, pepper and tapioca starch thoroughly. Then put in the refrigerator until the cake is ready to be wrapped, just to help the shrimp become crispier.

+ For the cake crust, boil 300ml of water with 3gr of butterfly pea flowers for 3 minutes. Take 110ml of the finished butterfly pea water and mix it with 5ml of lemon juice. The more lemon juice, the more red the purple color will be. Therefore, depending on your preference, you can adjust the ratio to mix the color, but make sure the final volume is 120ml of water.

+ Mix 120g tapioca flour with 1/2 teaspoon of fine salt, then pour in butterfly pea flower water and mix well. When the dough is relatively even, add a spoonful of cooking oil and continue mixing. The dough cools down a bit, knead it with your hands until smooth, let it rest for about 10 minutes, then take the dough out and knead for another 1-2 minutes. The smoother the dough is, the less sticky it is to your hands.

Next, roll the dough into long balls, divide the dough into 18gr/ball portions. Flatten the dough to 1-1.5mm thin, then put the filling in the middle, and press the edges of the dough into a 5-point shape. Once done, the final step is to steam the cake. You should steam the cake over medium heat for 10 minutes to complete the cake. Steam over low heat, if it takes too long the filling will release a lot of water, the shrimp will not be crispy, and if the heat is too high, the cake will break.

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