KANTEN Diet .... Basice recipe

Basic Recipe

Today, it is easy to get KANTEN in a supermarket in the U.S.
Most of Japanese supermarkets or grocery stores should have some KANTEN.
The most convenient style is powder. It is easy to melt in boiled water, easy to measure, easy to carry.
There is other style like a plate. This takes longer to melt and has to be chopped into water.

I sometimes stop by MITSUWA Marketplace in Silicon Valley. It is a big supermarket which has every Japanese food.
I like this place and like to look around.
There are many kinds of KANTEN. Approximately $1 for 10g or a little bit expensive.
If you buy that in a big package that would be much less.
I do not know in the U.S. but in Japan 1kg costs $50.

$1 for 10g means the basic diet can be started by around $10 a month.
3g per day would be appropriate. This can make you lose weight a pound a week at least.
This is cheap isn’t it?

The basic recipe is below;
Ingredients
KANTEN (Agar) powder: 2g
Boiled water: 200cc (7 ounce)
Recipe
Stir boiled water before you put in KANTEN.
Put KANTEN powder a little bit and stir.
Just repeat until you put entire KANTEN powder.
Stir a little more and simmer up to 2 minutes.
Put it into a heat-resistant vessel.
Wait until it cools down to room temperature and put into the refrigerator.

That’s it. Quite easy!

See you next time.

Thank you.

Kenzo “Joker” Jokamachi
http://www.sasae.com/kanten/