In case you don't already know what's a Konnyaku Jelly, answer this first- WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE PAST SIX YEARS? No internet? Never go out to major hypermarkets scattered around the country? Hehehe... OK, now that I've got that out of my system, to tell you the truth, I too just learned about this yummilicious healthy snack from Japan! I learned from The Happy Home-makers' blog...
Saw packets of the instant Konnyaku Jelly Mix at the supermarket just now. Bought a packet with 2 cute-ish star-shaped molds.
Well the Konnyaku has been used for a long time as an “old wives’ remedy.”
Konnyaku has been called “a broom in the stomach” and “a cleaner in the bowels” because of its function in normalising intestinal disorders. It has often been eaten in order to excrete waste and toxic matters from the body. Medieval Japanese people knew of the benefits of Konnyaku through their experience.
The publication of the book called Konnyaku Hyakusen (100 recipes of Konnyaku) in 1846 shows how much Konnyaku was loved by Japanese people in those days. After its publication, those recipes of Konnyaku became popular. Many of the recipes in Konnyaku Hyakusen are still loved and eaten at the family table and are part of domestic Japanese culinary tastes.
Japanese people knew that Konnyaku was good for the health through their experience. Recently it has been scientifically proved that Konnyaku really is good for the health. Nowadays many people are trying to be slim and to prevent adult diseases (arteriosclerosis, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, constipation, gallstone, and haemorrhoids). Many people are more health conscious and try to eat health food and not to take many food additives. Konnyaku has recently attracted those people a lot.
Konnyaku is very low in calories, and full of dietary fibre and minerals. Moreover, it is a totally natural food. In Japan, Konnyaku is widely perceived as a health food. That is why Konnyaku jelly and a Konnyaku diet are booming in Japan.
Hehehe... *sez to his cute tummy- "You better get ready to be broomed, because here comes Konnyaku Jelly!!!".
Life is good.
The Packet with mold filled with sour-jellybeans and sour candy!
The mold- "Jellified"!
This is what happens when one is stingy when going out for shopping (not enough mold!).
Free style Konnyaku jelly!
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