Refreshing Barley & Sago Drink

Ingredients:

1. 250gm of uncooked barley groats (wash and rinse thoroughly)
2. 1 cup of sago
3. 1/2 cup of soft brown sugar
4. (*Optional) Pandan leaves - screwpine leaves
5. Approximately 6 liters of water

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1. Pour the barley groats and 6 liters of water into a large pot.

2. Boil until barley groats have softened. This usually takes from 1 to 2 hours.

3. With a sieve, scoop up about 90% of the softened barley groats.

4. Add the sago and soft brown sugar and boil until sago have softened.

5. You can add the screwpine leaves at this stage and boil on medium low heat for about another 20 minutes.

5. You can either serve it hot or cold.

Bon appétit!

The 3Bs Pancakes!

Ingredients:

1. 300gm of organic all-purpose flour (sieved twice)
2. 100gm of organic buckwheat flour (sieved twice)
3. 6 large bananas (mashed)
4. 50gm of barley flour (sieved twice)
5. 2 3/4 cups of barley water
6. Sunflower oil
7. 1 teaspoon of sea-salt
8. 1 teaspoon of brown sugar
9. 4 eggs (beaten)

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1. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients above.

2. Whisk the mixture with an electric whisk until all the ingredients are mixed thoroughly and the mixture is smooth. (*Add more barley water if mixture is too dry.)

3. Heat the frying pan.

4. Pour a ladle of the mixture into the pan.

5. Once the bottom side of the pancake is browned, flip it over and cook the other side until it is browned too.

6. Repeat steps 4 to 5 until the mixture is all used up.

7. Serve warm.

Bon appétit!

Banana, buckwheat & barley pancakes!