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grass jelly

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Also known as leaf jelly

jelly-like dessert eaten in East Asia

Key facts

Alternative names
Leaf jelly, cincau
Course
Dessert
Place of origin
China
Region or state
East Asia and Southeast Asia
Created by
Hakka people
Serving temperature
Chilled or hot
Main ingredients
Platostoma palustre ( Mesona chinensis ) stalks and leaves, potassium carbonate , starch

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Alternative Chinese name Chinese仙草

Second alternative Chinese name Chinese草粿

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “grass jelly” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.