How to... Aloe Vera Dessert

Sister has an enormous Aloe Vera Plant sitting in our garden that was bending over under its overbearing weight. So mom and i decide to trim away its steams and prepare 1 big pot of Aloe Vera dessert for the family tomorrow.

The Herb Society of America believes that Aloe (Aquilari Agalloche) to be the only tree descended to man from the Garden of Eden!!


From the morning, we cut 10 thick steams from the plant and set to work, skinning, cutting and rinsing away the aloe vera sap. Skinning the steams is the most tricky part of the process, but once you have done that, all is plain sailing. No cooking required.

Aloe Gel, after rinsing away of slimy sap.

Skinning the Steams - Firstly, remove the stretch of thorns by its margin with a Potato skin peeler (now, you could hold the Aloe safely), followed by the green covering from the faces of its steams with a plastic/ wooden Knife.

Cutting - Cut the white fiber flesh of the Aloe in manageable bite sizes.

Soak & Rinse - A repeat process of soaking and rinsing away the sticky sap from the Gel (flesh) with water. This process uses lots of water, depending on the amount of Gel you are clearing and how well you wish to remove the slimy sap. (Alternatively, cooking the Aloe Gel over fire in sugared water help rid the slimy sap immediately.)

Sweeten Up - We harvested the Gel that have been cleared from most of its sticky sap and poured a can of Longan Fruit Syrup to it (Canned Fruit Cocktail give you a beautiful mix, or ANY sweet Syrup of your choice). Do NOT add additional water to the mix; the Aloe gel will melt slightly over time to form part of the syrup.

Chill Up - Chilled up the dessert for 12hours in the refrigerator as we want the Gel to absorb sweet flavors from the sugary syrup and wipe it of its raw grassy taste. Serve over ice!

Aloe Vera Dessert with Longan canned fruits.

BONUS: While preparing the Aloe Vera, do your complexion a BIG favor by applying those sticky saps over your skins. Yes, meaning your face and any rough spots on your skins.

The cooling sensation of the sticky saps is quite pleasant as it gets absorbed fast, leaving behind nothing, you don’t even have to wash it off your face. However if you have got sensitive skins, rinse off after 10mins of application.

When applied on the skin, the sap is believe to heals minor burns, wounds, improve skin conditions and rejuvenates skin. It also believes to have anti ageing properties by feeding our body cells...!

My skin does feel so much tighter and facial pores minimizes after my 30mins therapy :)
Read here, for 40 more uses for Aloe Vera!