Sea Bird's Nest (Funori) Drink

Funori drink with sterculia seeds/ Funori drink

Dried Funori/Soaked Funori

I get to know about Funori from Sunny’s blog - Funori and manage to get it at the Vegetarian Shop at Fortune Centre, $5 per 100g. It can be used to make a simple drink like the bird's nest drink or add some sterculia seeds/mollow seeds (bruised, soaked in hot water until the flesh has expanded into a loose, jelly like mass, skin peel off and discard ) to it. As it is rather tasteless, I add pandan leaves or sterculia seeds to give it some flavour. Red dates and dried wolfberries can be added, if preferred. I find that it has a “fishy” smell, therefore the amount of funori used is 25g for this recipes. Add more if desired.

There are many ways to eat this, you can add to any hot soup, red bean/cheng tng/sweet potatoes /red ruby/chendol dessert, agar-agar, soymilk, soymilk shake and so on. Tracy Juice Culture sells dessert which had funori.

Preparation: 5 mins, Cooking time: 10 mins

Ingredients (serves 4)
° 25g funori (jelly seaweed), washed, rinsed, soaked overnight and chopped
° 6 pandan leaves (screwpine), tied into a knot
° 75g rock sugar, or to taste
° 1 litre water

Method
1. Place pandan leaves and water in a pot. Bring the soup to a boil.
2. Add rock sugar and simmer for few minute. Stir in funori.
3. Ladle the dessert into individual serving bowls and serve hot or chilled.