grass jelly

English

grass jelly

Noun

grass jelly (uncountable)

1. A jellylike dessert found in China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, made by boiling grass or leaves of the mint family with potassium carbonate, and then cooling the liquid to a jelly-like consistency.

Translations

jellylike dessert

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 涼粉／凉粉 (loeng⁴ fan²), 凉粉 (loeng⁴ fan²)

  Mandarin: 涼粉／凉粉 (zh) (liángfěn), 凉粉 (zh) (liángfěn(r)), (Taiwan) 燒仙草／烧仙草, 烧仙草 (shāoxiāncǎo)

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• Finnish: ruohohyytelö
• Indonesian: cincau (id)
• Spanish: jalea de hierba f
• Thai: เฉาก๊วย (chǎo-gúai)