Eucheuma Seaweed/ San Hu Chao (珊瑚草)

You might wonder what are this? I have the 1st impression like you when I first seeing it. After some introduction from the shop owner I decided to buy and try. It was many years back ago, the 1st year I'm in Kuching, Sarawak. After finish that packet I totally forgot about it until recently a neighbour of mine present it to me. 

 
I was told by my neighbour how to prepare but don't really know its name and nutritious value. Thanks to Facebook friend, Jessie Oi for telling me its name. After some Internet searching here is some information about it.
 
This is Eucheuma Seaweed or San Hu Chao (珊瑚草) in Chinese. It has another beautiful name calls Sea Bird Nest! This seaweed is rich in enzyme nutrients, collagen and mineral substance, calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, phosphorus, sodium and multitude fibre and jelly form proteins. It is very good for skin care, vegetarian diet and daily fibre diet intake. It definitely very nutritious for ladies!
 

Eucheuma Seaweed is commonly used in making soup, salad, varieties of cooling desserts and pudding. It comes in dried form as shown. It is very hard and need to be soaked at least 5 hours before used. During the soaking period you might need to change water 2-3 times. As advised by neighbour I added few slices of ginger to get rid of the fishy smell.
 

 

This has been soaked overnight. It is easy to be broken. The texture is still crunchy. It is tasteless after the soaking and washing process. Just drain away the water and serve raw together with your favourite salad!
 

Here what I have in my salad.

Ingredients:

~Salad

Chinese lettuce
Capsicum
Carrot
Tomato
Coriander
Bombay onion

Eucheuma Seaweed (soaked and washed)
 
~ dressing
Lime juice
Vinegar
Sugar
Soya
Chili sauce
* adjust according to your taste.

Method:

Cut all vegetables into your desired size. Mix all the dressing. Toss well before you serve. Enjoy!

Want to find out more about this amazing Sea Bird Nest? Do visit here.

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