Homemaker in the Making: White Fungus Green Bean Soup

Decided to make a pot of white fungus green bean soup for the family on this day because of the high temperatures! Green beans are really good for detoxification and they help to lower body temperatures because they are of a "cooling" nature. Coupled with white fungus, aka as poor men's bird nest, this makes a really good after meal dessert! White fungus is good for beautifying the skin, so ladies, do eat them if you want smooth and supple skin. It is also good for soothing sore throats too! Okay, so here are the ingredients and the recipe is as follows This recipe is idiots proof. So try it ok?

White Fungus Green Bean Soup (for 4 to 5 pax)
Ingredients 
140 g of green beans
Half a clove of white fungus (big size)
2.5 litres of water
3 strips of pandan leaves
sugar (amount is up to your discretion. I used rock sugar because we have too much of it at home.)

Procedures
1. Soak green beans in water for 15 minutes.
2. Soak white fungus in water until it doubles in size or puffs up.
3. Cut the white fungus into fine pieces. You can chop it till it looks very fine.
4. Cut the pandan leaves into short segments.
5. Fill a pot with 2.5 litres of water and wait for it to boil.
6. When the water boils, add in green beans.
7. After 10 minutes, add in white fungus and pandan leaves.
8.  Turn the stove to low heat and simmer for 1.5 hours.
9. Add in sugar and stir for another 5 minutes.
10. Turn off the stove and serve the dish.

Best served warm!

Tip: When choosing white fungus, choose better grade ones which are more yellow in colour. For mine, I got 4 big pieces for $3. Do not hurry off to choose the white ones because they are often bleached. Pay more money and eat at ease :)