Breakfast in a jar: chia oat pudding with coral glass jelly

I love making beautiful ensemble for breakfasts. Something like this. We feel jolly looking at it and eating it. The lil' fella was so happy when he saw this. He finished them all. 

This is an easy one, almost like the overnight oat and chia pudding that we've been eating daily, but it has an additional layer, which is the coral g;ass jelly as the bottom layer. Coral glass is a type of seaweed. It is also commonly known as sea bird-nest or the poor man's birdnest, as it resembles birdnest in terms of their dense collagen and high nutrients content. 

According to an info by Matanjun et al, 2009, coral glass jelly contains 10times richer amount of collagen than birdnest, 37 times more calcium than cod liver. It is low in fat and calories but bursting with nutrients like magnesium, iron, sodium and calcium. 

You can see more about it in this previous post. 

To prepare the bottom layer

*2-3tbsp soaked and cleaned coral glass jelly (see previous post on instructions to clean them)

*1/2 cup of fresh milk 

*1tbsp dark muscovado sugar 

Or here's another recipe using apple juice 

*2-3tbsp soaked and cleaned coral glass jelly 

*1 cup of apple juice 

Boil everything in a pan and continue to stir until the coral glass jelly dissolves. Pour into glass jar to set in the fridge. 

In another container, prepare the chia seed and oat pudding with 

*2/3 cup of rolled oat 

*1 cup of fresh milk

*2tbsp chia seeds 

For more idea on the chia seed or overnight oat recipe, please refer here. 

Combine everything and stir until the chia seeds are distributed evenly. Let set in the refrigerator. 

The next morning, pour the chia and oat pudding onto the coral glass jelly. Top with chopped fruits or nuts. 

Coral glass jelly pudding (sea bird nest pudding)

 

This is my second healthy pudding for the week. The first one was made with just chia seeds and milk or soymilk. This one is made with just seaweeds, also known as sea birdnest or poor man's birdnest, as they resembles birdnest in terms of their dense collagen and high nutrients content.

 

According to an info by Matanjun et al, 2009, this coral glass seaweed (or sea birdnest) contains 10 times richer amount of collagen than birdnest, 37 times more calcium than cod liver. It is low in fat and calories but bursting with nutrients like magnesium, iron, sodium and calcium. In other words, to me, it's a cheap, nice, non-fattening dessert that helps to provide good nutrients for the skin, for my boy it's a healthy nutritious dessert that provides fiber and an array of great nutrients.

 

This coral glass seaweed or sea birdnest is available for sale at Just Health, Sandakan.

 

 

 

 

Preparation:

1. First rinse the sea birdnest with water a few times.
2. Soak the sea birdnest in clean filered water for about 3-4 hours (change the water in between for 2-3times).
3. After soaking, rinse away the water, it is now ready to be consumed or cooked.

In Sabah, they are normally served as:

• Salad - the sea birdnest is chopped into pieces, mixed in with julienned cucumber and carrots, marinated with vinegar or lemon juice, salt and sugar.
• Jelly - see below for recipe
• Sweet dessert (tong sui 糖水）- the sea birdnest is boiled with dried longan, red dates, white fungus, water and rocksugar.

Recipe for sea birdnest jelly

 

Longan, goji and kanten jelly

• 1 kanten brown sugar cube
• 4 cups of water
• 1/2 tbsp. wolfberries (goji)
• 3 dried longan
• 25g sea birdnest, soaked and cleaned

OR

 

Soy and almond milk jelly

• 4 cups of water with 2tbsp almond powder and 3tbsp soy powder
• 25g sea birdnest, soaked and cleaned

1. Boil all ingredients in a pan, stirring continuous, until sea birdnest dissolves.
2. Pour into a jelly mould or a shallow container.
3. Chill for at least 4 hours or until jelly firms up.