Grass jelly
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Grass Jelly with pieces of mango
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Grass Jelly with pieces of mango

Grass jelly (Chinese: 涼粉 liáng fěn or 燒仙草 shāo xiān cǎo; Minnan (Hokkien): 仙草 sian-chháu; Malay: cincau) is a type of food with a jelly-like consistency that is used in China and Southeast Asia in drinks and desserts. It is sold in cans or packets in Asian supermarkets.
Can of grass jelly drink manufactured in Taiwan but sold internationally.
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Can of grass jelly drink manufactured in Taiwan but sold internationally.

Grass jelly is made from boiling grasses in the mint family (specifically Mesona chinensis) with potassium carbonate, and then cooling the liquid down to a jelly-like consistency. This jelly can then be mixed with syrup to produce a drink thought to have cooling (yin) properties. This has a slight iodine flavour and looks like a clear, deep brown liquid with strands or cubes of translucent blackish jelly in it. It can also be mixed with soy milk to produce a milky white liquid with black strands in it, a drink known as Michael Jackson in Southeast Asia (see, for example [1]).

Grass jelly is also mixed in various kinds of South-East Asian desserts such as ice kachang and chendol.