3 Easy Steps to Cook Red Birds Nest 燕窝

Anybody don't fancy Red Birds Nest?? Yes. Hub don't. But yet he will complain to his friends that I didn't offer him a bowl every time I cook it. I did lei, but you rejected. So not I didn't offer ok.

Anybody don't fancy Red Birds Nest?? Yes. Hub don't. But yet he will complain to his friends that I didn't offer him a bowl every time I cook it. I did lei, but you rejected. So not I didn't offer ok.
It is easy to cook Red Birds Nest but sometimes I am just plain lazy to soak it. When I was expecting both kids, I started to consume Red Birds Nest starting from the 5th month onwards. It was a weekly indulgence and I had a big bowl all by myself! So much that it can be treated as a meal .My excuse back then was, " Eh hello, I am eating for 2 ok." Muahahah.

3 Easy Steps

What you need?
Small Slow Cooker
1 Piece Red Birds Nest
2 Pandan Leaves
Rock Sugar

Steps;

1) Soak the Red Birds Nest in water for 2 hours.
2) After 2 hours the Red Birds Nest will ballon and look like this. Drain the water and add 2 cups of fresh water, 3 Tablespoon Rock Spoon and Pandan Leaves. Set temperature to high and cook it for 2 hours.
3) After 2 hours of slow cooking, your Red Birds Nest is ready!
Note: You may want to add wolf berries, red dates, dried longan for more nutrients. I prefer the original Red Birds Nest flavor.
Do adjust the sweetness to your taste.

 3 Easy Steps to Cook Red Birds Nest 燕窝

Medicinal Use of Red Birds Nest

For more than 1500 years, the Chinese has used Red Birds Nest as one of the property to treat several diseases, and act as anti-aging and anti-cancer. It is believed to contain high nutritional and wide-range of medicinal values to enhance health and promote life span. However, Red Birds Nest is unique because it does not only have medicinal use, but can also be enjoyed as a delicious food.
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, Red Birds Nest is strongly recommended to cure asthma, cold, cough, influenza, weak blood, and cancer. It is also found that Red Birds Nest can boost libido, enhance physical strength, and is absolutely effective as a health tonic. Some research have proven that Red Birds Nest contains mainly amino acids, carbohydrates and mineral salts, which are all beneficial to human body, i.e. repair cells, promote immunity, demonstrate an epidermal growth factor (EGF) to resist aging, help with respiratory and digestive system, etc.
Doctor Hien Duc Pham, OMD, who has been a practicing Oriental Chinese Medicine Doctor in Colorado for more than 20 years, saw that Red Birds Nest has helped cigarette smokers to reduce cravings after three weeks of Red Birds Nest consumption, including to improve their oxygen intake. He also found that Red Birds Nest helped patients to stop using marijuana as the withdrawal discomfort were lessened along with Red Birds Nest consumption with other medicinal herbs and ingredients. Besides, he prescribed Red Birds Nest for high blood pressure patients, diabetes and COPD patients.
In addition to what mentioned above, Dr. Pham observed that Red Birds Nest can help to create a cooling and soothing effect, therefore reduce depression and suicidal thoughts, together with better circulation and decreasing heat in the brain. It also can help to restore the sex drive for women over the age of 45, and improve their hair and skin quality. However, Red Birds Nest is not a cure-all as he mentioned there are some limitations to when the doctor would prescribe it