ប្រក្រុង or Green Grass Jelly plant [Cyclea barbata] is a vine plant growing in the wild in many countries around Asia. This plant is native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nicobar Is., South China Sea, Sumatera, Thailand and Vietnam. It is recognized as medical plants as it can reduce temperature in the body. Cambodian people have been using this plant as Jelly sweet for a long time. They also use them as meal – salad. A dessert seller can get about 42kg of jelly made from 2kg of Green Grass Jelly plant leaves.
Pick the plant from the field, clean the leaves in water few times. You can keep both leaves and stems. Cut them and put in mortar or blender. Squeeze them hard in pure water.
Take the solution (after squeezing) and filter them in clean clothes. The solution, keep them in clean tray for about 1-2hours. After, the jelly becomes harden naturally, and it is ready to eat either as food or dessert. A kilo of Jelly costs about 3000-5000Riels (0.75$-1.25$)
As a dessert, you put ice, condensed milk, or sugar and coconut cream. It tastes great. As food, you can make them into salad by adding herbs, meat and some lemon. Dad said in the past people preferred using this jelly as a food, not dessert.
Very interesting post @Sophia_Cambodia there are many plants and leaves which are edible in India but it’s a new thing to see a plant paste Turning into jelly , I want to try it. Thanks and have a nice day .
They keep in the fridge for use a long time, so it is good to reduce temperature or make our body cooler @Zino This one is good during hot day or summer!
I see @PaulPavlinovich that’s not easy to identify especially if you have never seen or touched the plant before. The jelly plant has hairy stems with it.
No…I live in Kerala a Southern state in India …we are not familiar with this plant…that is why it is a new information for me to know about green grass Jelly…
It was interesting to learn more about this type plant and to learn it is edible and one can make jelly out of it. It would be great if I can give it a try one day.
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Thank you and I appreciated @TsekoV yes - I think you can find this dessert in some countries in Asia. They eat it with ice, condense milk, sugar and coconut cream/milk.
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