3 Easy Steps to Cook Birds Saliva Nest 燕窝

3 Easy Steps to Cook Birds Saliva Nest 燕窝

Anybody don't fancy Birds Saliva 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 Birds Saliva 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 Birds Saliva Nest but sometimes I am just plain lazy to soak it. When I was expecting both kids, I started to consume Birds Saliva 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 Birds Saliva Nest
2 Pandan Leaves
Rock Sugar

Steps;

1) Soak the Birds Saliva Nest in water for 2 hours.
2) After 2 hours the Birds Saliva 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 Birds Saliva Nest is ready!
Note: You may want to add wolf berries, red dates, dried longan for more nutrients. I prefer the original Birds Saliva Nest flavor.
Do adjust the sweetness to your taste.

Medicinal Use of Birds Saliva Nest

For more than 1500 years, the Chinese has used Birds Saliva 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, Birds Saliva 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, Birds Saliva Nest is strongly recommended to cure asthma, cold, cough, influenza, weak blood, and cancer. It is also found that Birds Saliva Nest can boost libido, enhance physical strength, and is absolutely effective as a health tonic. Some research have proven that Birds Saliva 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 Birds Saliva Nest has helped cigarette smokers to reduce cravings after three weeks of Birds Saliva Nest consumption, including to improve their oxygen intake. He also found that Birds Saliva Nest helped patients to stop using marijuana as the withdrawal discomfort were lessened along with Birds Saliva Nest consumption with other medicinal herbs and ingredients. Besides, he prescribed Birds Saliva Nest for high blood pressure patients, diabetes and COPD patients.
In addition to what mentioned above, Dr. Pham observed that Birds Saliva 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, Birds Saliva Nest is not a cure-all as he mentioned there are some limitations to when the doctor would prescribe it