Nourishing Drink for Consumptive Patients
Ingredients
Directions
Combine eringo-root, pearl-barley, and sago in a pot.
Add enough water to cover the ingredients.
Simmer until the mixture thickens and the grains are soft.
Strain and serve warm.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Eringo-root
- Provides the main flavor and aroma of the drink.
- Pearl-barley
- Softens during simmering to give body and a thick texture.
- Sago
- Thickens the liquid as its starch gelatinizes when simmered.
The step that matters
Simmer until the mixture thickens and the grains are soft. Starch in sago and pearl-barley needs sustained simmering to swell and gelatinize. Stopping early leaves the drink thin and the grains chalky, while overcooking can break them down into a gluey texture.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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