Two days back, India celebrated its 59th Independence day. What better way to celebrate, than with something sweet! I made a tricolor agar agar.
Agar-agar is Malay for jelly. The thickening agent used here is a powder, derived from seaweed. Agar as it is called, is a vegetarian substitute for gelatin. When dissolved in hot water and cooled, agar becomes gelatinous.
It is available as a powder, as a stick (kanten in Japanese), and also as fine, crinkly strands (somewhat like seaweed for sushi, but only colorless and translucent). We got this powder from our local asian store.
I'm sending this recipes as part of the festive cuisine virtual competition hosted by My dhaba.
[Tagged with: VCC: VCC Q3 2006]
Ingredients
Essence removed from pandan leaves for the green color.
Orange food coloring or orange agar agar powder and orange juice.
Lite Coconut milk
Sugar
Method of preparation
Add pandan essence, lite coconut milk (¼ cup) and 2 tbsp of sugar (or substitute) to 350 ml of water and bring to slight boil. Add 1½ tsp of agar-agar powder and stir until it dissolves.
Pour the liquid into the mould and leave in the refrigerator for ½ hr to set.
Repeat the process with other 2 layers with different colors.
* Traditionally agar agar tastes good when coconut milk is added.
Our teatime snack - agar agar and soya milk
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Tricolor Agar Agar
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looks yum!! Where is the tamarind rice we made???? no pics....need to cook again
yep mu...defi need to have another potluck..this time must remember to take pics
hi smitha, i got ur link in my quest fer food fer survival frm murali. im not frankly great shakes in the kitchen... and u cant imagine how thrilled i get whenever i find a food blog. :D i feel i can smell the manna already. i hope u keep steady in this great job of cooking made easy for dummies. :D:D
Very creative. Seems like the comment form is only for blogspot users.
Thanks gini..i'm still in the process of navigating around blogspot. I've altered the settings, so everyone can leave their comments.
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