Brilio.net - Green beans are one of the foodstuffs that are popular with Indonesian people. Apart from being easy to obtain, green beans are also rich in nutrients. Reporting from kemkes.go.id, green beans are useful for preventing constipation, increasing the absorption of food nutrients, controlling blood sugar, and contain high levels of antioxidants.
Not only that, these green granules can also be processed into various types of dishes. Starting from green bean porridge, green bean ice, to various cakes and drinks.
Generally, before processing, green beans are boiled first so they are easy to enjoy. However, boiling green beans can sometimes be a challenge in itself. If not cooked properly, green beans can become too soft or not cooked properly.
Apart from that, many people complain about the wasteful use of gas when boiling green beans for a long time. Boiling green beans will be faster if you use the pressure cooker technique. However, not everyone has a pressure cooker at home.
No need to worry, because it turns out there is a trick to boiling green beans so that the results are soft without pressure. This trick was shared by the Instagram account @vaganza_indonesia.
"Stop boiling boiled green beans until cooked, because it makes them fall apart and wastes gas, here's a method you can use to save gas and make them soft," he said, quoted by BrilioFood from @vaganza_indonesia, Thursday (27/6).
Steps to boil green beans so they are cooked properly.
photo: Instagram/@vaganza_indonesia
First, wash the green beans that you want to boil until clean. The account owner didn't seem to soak the green beans first, he immediately put them in a pot of boiling water. Apart from that, he also added pandan leaves to add aroma, then pan and boiled it for 5 minutes.
photo: Instagram/@vaganza_indonesia
After 5 minutes, turn off the stove and let it sit for 30 minutes. So, during these 30 minutes, he left the pot closed, without opening it at all.
"When leaving it, the lid must not be opened," he added.
photo: Instagram/@vaganza_indonesia
After leaving the green beans for 30 minutes, he seemed to turn the stove on again. This time he boiled the green beans for 7 minutes. Well, only after that did he open the lid of the pot. Then, add granulated sugar and coconut milk to it. Wait until it is cooked, then turn off the stove again. That way, the green beans are ready to eat in a soft, delicious condition. Of course, you can also save gas.
"With this technique, the green beans become softer and the texture is maintained," he continued.
Through comments on this post, many netizens have succeeded in practicing it well. However, there are also quite a few who share other tricks for boiling green beans so they are soft without cooking. One way is to soak it in water first.
"I prefer to soak it for 1 night, then cook it the next day, guaranteed that the green beans will break quickly," said the Instagram account @may.anaseri.
"Just soak it in the morning, cook it for a while in the afternoon and it's done," wrote @srredy4.
Apart from that, there are also those who claim to use a similar method, the difference being that the duration used is 7 minutes of boiling, 20 minutes of leaving it, and 10 minutes of boiling again.
"If I boil it for 7 minutes, turn off the stove, let it sit for 20 minutes, turn on the stove and boil it for 10 minutes, it's really soft until it bursts," commented the Instagram account @menty.manohan.
Well, those are some tricks you can try to boil green beans without cooking. Tender green beans are more delicious, right? Interested in trying?