YIN/YANG Placemat Collection
Traditional Chinese Medicine is interwoven with the principles of harmony and equipoise, using herbal ingredients to balance yin and yang within the body. The YIN/YANG Placemat collection derives inspiration from this ancient practice, while expanding on our original 2021 design based on Southeast Asian taxi seat covers.
Made with wooden beads resembling Chinese medicinal grains and fruit, our YIN/YANG placemats bring a natural sense of energy and serenity to the home. In the same spirit, we’ve included a TCM recipe with each placemat, so you can make a sweet and nourishing tonic at home.
Mung Bean 绿豆
The Mung Bean placemat has beads with a subtly mottled, tortoiseshell sheen, arranged in a starry cluster. Mung beans are thought to cool the body, reduce inflammation, and quench thirst.
Recipe
Serves 2.
Mung bean soup is eaten as a dessert in Chinese culture. It is nutritious and easy to eat, almost like a sweet porridge. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is also thought to be cooling. This recipe is a very simple version of the soup. Make sure to use whole mung beans, which are green, and not yellow split mung beans. In addition to the ingredients listed in this recipe, you can also flavour the soup with dried tangerine peel during cooking, and enrich it with a drizzle of coconut milk and a pinch of salt after.
Ingredients:
- Whole mung beans, 50g
- Sago pearls, 25g
- Pandan leaf, 1 knotted
- Rock sugar
Steps:
- Rinse mung beans. Soak in a bowl overnight.
- The next day, soak sago pearls for 10 minutes, then drain.
- Drain mung beans. Add to a pot with knotted pandan leaf and 500ml of water.
- Bring to a boil. Cover and lower heat.
- Simmer for 1 hour or until beans are extremely tender.
- Add sago pearls and cook for another 8 minutes.
- While the soup is still hot, add and dissolve rock sugar to taste.
- Served warm or chilled.
