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Easy Swallow Nest Soup (Bird's Nest Dessert)

The easiest Chinese bird's nest dessert you could ever make!

Prep Time
3 mins
Cook Time
3 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 1 person
Calories: 176 kcal
Course: Dessert , Appetizer , Snacks
Cuisine: Asian , Chinese , Singaporean

Ingredients

  • 1 small coconut Top sliced off. Avoid the bigger ones as they can be a bit too much for a dessert. Try to get pre-cut ones to make your life easier.
  • 1 teaspoon Goji berries Soak in hot water.
  • 1 jar Ready-to-drink bird's nest Do not confuse this with the dried bird's nest which would require
  • sugar Optional. The coconut water is naturally sweet so I don't like to add sugar. If you have a very sweet tooth, rock sugar is the traditional type of sugar used for Chinese desserts but regular (caster/ granulated) sugar can do as well. Do check if your ready-to-drink bird's nest is sweetened before adding any sugar!

Instructions

    Cup of Yum
  1. Drain the goji berries.
  2. Open the coconut and keep the coconut "hat" on the side. Remove some of the coconut water from the coconut (to make space for the goji berries and ready-to-drink bird's nest). I suggest removing at least 1C of the water first to avoid any spillage. Do not throw the coconut water away as it can be drunk or used to make soups!
  3. Open the bird's nest jar and add all the contents into the coconut followed by the goji berries. If there is empty space in the coconut, add some of the removed coconut water back to the coconut.
  4. Recover the coconut with its "hat" then steam. The ingredients are all ready-to-eat so steaming is merely to heat up the coconut water as well as to soften the coconut flesh. The steaming time thus depends on the size of your coconut, how hot you want your dessert to be and how soft you like your coconut flesh. I prefer mine my desserts either cold or hot (not in between!) and I like the texture of soft coconut flesh, so I usually steam mine for 20 minutes if the coconut is small and 30 minutes for a bigger coconut.

Notes

  • If you don't have a steamer, you can use a pasta pot with strainer to steam the coconut. (Add water to the pasta pot till it reaches just below the strainer, then place the coconut in the strainer, lower into the pot, cover and steam.)
  • However, you will only be able to steam 1 coconut at a time, which isn't very convenient for entertaining!

Nutrition Information

Calories 176kcal (9%) Carbohydrates 11g (4%) Protein 2g (4%) Fat 15g (23%) Saturated Fat 13g (65%) Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2g Monounsaturated Fat 1g Sodium 10mg (0%) Potassium 160mg (5%) Fiber 4g (16%) Sugar 5g (10%) Vitamin C 1mg (1%) Calcium 6mg (1%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1person

Amount Per Serving

Calories 176

% Daily Value*

Calories 176kcal 9%
Carbohydrates 11g 4%
Protein 2g 4%
Fat 15g 23%
Saturated Fat 13g 65%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2g 1%
Monounsaturated Fat 1g 5%
Sodium 10mg 0%
Potassium 160mg 3%
Fiber 4g 16%
Sugar 5g 10%
Vitamin C 1mg 1%
Calcium 6mg 1%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.