Cendol 2 - with Water Chesnut Starch

Dessert drink made with water chesnut starch ^^, it´s very simple.

See another recipe Cendol, using combinations of tapioca flour, rice flour and Hunkwee/mung bean flour click HERE
or in my Multiply
*note: Water chesnut contains carbohydrates, and also a good source of dietary fiber, ribolavin, , vitamin B6, and mineral especially potassium (source: Wikipedia).

Ginger Coffee with spices & Birthday Cake

Ginger Coffee with spices
source: Helwah Balfas

Candil/Sweet Potato in coconut milk & Choco Pudding in Horns

When I was a kid, I love Candil and Kolak Pisang (sweet plaintains in coconut milk) for Iftar in Ramadhan-a month of obligatory daily fasting in Islam. In Ramadhan, our meal habits get different, without intake start from dawn and end with sunset. Dr. Haffejee suggest that in view of long hours fasting we should comsump slow digesting foods including fibre containing foods rather than fast digesting foods ( read more here).

In my home country, I used to buy Candil for Iftar as an appetizer or dessert. Since I´ve been here, I try to make by my own. Sweet Potato or Ubi Jalar is a good dietary fibre, source of vitamin A, B6, C and minerals. It can be prepared in variety of delicious dishes, as a main dish or as a dessert, cooked savoury or sweet. I prefer the sweet one :).
This is my entry for Joy from Fasting to Feasting hosted by Kitchenflavours´ Lubna Karim and Yasmeen.

ingredients:
for sweet potato balls:

Cendol 1

Cuaca mulai panas gini kayaknya rindu banget sama cendol Elizabeth di Bandung. Entah rahasianya apa tuh si cendol bisa kenyel, enak, aroma daun suji & pandannya kerasa banget. Bikin sendiri nggak pernah bisa sama, tapi buat tombo kangen, lumayanlah !

Blood Orange Juice

Blood orange/Blutorangen yang nama latinnya Citrus sinesis, mengandung Vitamin C, juga sebagai sumber zat besi, kalsium dan Vitamin A. Kandungan Vitamin C nya dapat mengurangi resiko penyakit jantung, kolesterol, katarak. Selain itu, kandungan Potassium nya berperan untuk menurunkan tekanan darah, sehingga dapat mengurangi resiko serangan jantung dan strokes. Jeruk juga sebagai antioksidan, sehingga dapat membantu penyembuhan luka dan perbaikan jaringan. Informasi nutrisi selengkapnya silahkan baca disini dan disitu.

4 buah Blood oranges menghasilkan sekitar 200 ml Juice