layered agar-agar

i hv always been fascinated by agar-agar.... thanks to hubby's influence.... i tried out this layered agar-agar... but not before i searched online for the easiest recipe to follow.... on the actual day itself, i followed non of the recipes... instead i ventured on my own... as in determining the level of water, sugar etc..... the result: 50% ok

coz i did two trays of it.... onli one survived... LOL.... which means onli one turned out good... the other one was "rosak"...... as in not presentable as the layers did not stick to each other....

the good one, we gave to nearby friends and relatives.... the bad one, into our own stomach of course....

here's the recipe for my own record... not a good one... will try to improvise it soon

** i used the normal swallow brand agar2 powder **

ingredients:
(A)
one packet of red agar2 powder
900ml water
100gm of sugar

(B)
one packet of yellow agar2 powder
900ml water
100gm of sugar

(C)
one packet of green agar2 powder
900ml water
100gm of sugar

(D)
two packets of clear color agar2
400ml of coconut milk powder
1400ml water
3 pandan leaves
1/2 tsp salt

method:

1) cook (A) pour evenly into two different trays

2) cook (D). Once the (A) has harden a bit, measure about 600ml of (D) and pour evenly into the two trays. If (A) is too hard, lightly scratch it with a fork to form some "holes/ lines" so that (D) can stick onto it. The remaining of (D) to be keep in the pot and keep warm with a small flame

3) cook (B) then layered with (D) and repeat this step for (C)

** if got some leftover agar2, put it into those pattern mould, turns out nice as well **

TIPS:
this recipe is a bit time consuming compare to the normal agar2.for it to be succesful, must be really patience. preferably, the layered agar2 be cool off first before refrigerate it in the fridge for about 3 hours and finally be cut as u like.....

agar-agar

* this is a backdated post *

i had a collection of simple recipes from the Malaysian Women's Weekly magazines... i found a nice and simple recipe.... i tried using agar-agar powder to make some jelly.... it turned out nicely when i tried this recipe

first one was "black beauty jelly "

ingredients:

one packet of agar-agar powder (must choose clear color ones)
one can of longan/ lychee (keep the syrup)
half tube of cincau
250ml syrup from the can of longan/ lychee
700ml water
150gm sugar

instructions:

cut the cincau into small stripes
put the cincau with longan/ lychee into the desired mould
boil the agar-agar powder with the syrup water, water and sugar until bubble appears (about 5 minutes)
put off the flame and pour into the moulds
serve chilled

* hubby loves this a lot * nice to eat on a sunny day *

second recipe was modified from the first recipe... i simply call it "soya bean jelly"

ingredients:

one packet of agar-agar powder (any color, preferably clear color)
one can of longan/ lychee (keep the syrup)
200ml syrup from the can of longan/ lychee
750ml soya bean (i used packet ones)
100gm sugar

instructions

- same as the first recipe -

* the result is good, MIL loves it as it is not too sweet * plus it is a healthier choice too since we used soya bean *

ribena jelly

today made some ribena jelly... the result ain't so good.... too soft... wonder why?

joyce's jelly

my younger sis rarely have the chance to cook at home... and while our parents were away for trip, she came to stay at my house for two nites... she took the oppurtunity to make some konnyaku jelly.... for the FIRST TIME.... hehehe

flavor of the day: mango flavoured konnyaku jelly with longan

white dragon fruit jelly

what else that i can prepare to welcome back my hubby from his business trip? JELLY lor.... and this time around, i used fresh fruit, the white dragon fruit......... surprisingly this fruit which i bought when i went shoping with my parents at Petaling Street turned out to be real SWEET....

nata de coco jelly

hubby will be leaving to japan again for business trip, BT.... his schedule this time round: feb 4th to feb 16th........... and his next trip will be feb 24th to march 16th.....i will be so SIEN again.... hmm..i hope to find more time to go lepak-ing with family, "ji mui" and frens..... or else, maybe i should learn some new recipes to try out....

meanwhile, i made this jelly with longan flavoured nata de coco for dear hubby plus some for my frens as well... result: not so yummy.... don't plan to use it again next time... better stick to ribena jelly/ SUNQUICK orange jelly/ fresh fruit jelly/ other flavoured nata de coco jelly....

coloured jelly

this picture was taken two months ago when my mum asked me to try and add in some colouring for my plain looking "longan" jelly.... the colour turned out OK... maybe need to add a few more drops of the colouring to make it nicer....

fruitty jelly 2

this time tested out the jelly with kiwi & plum. result: kiwi tasted good but not the plum one....

jelly again

as per hubby's request to eat his fav jelly before he leaves for japan tomorrow, i make the most simple & basic konnyaku jelly which is plain konnyaku jelly with nata de coco... as usual, the result: YUMMY! (what else???)....

fruitty jelly * this is the usual konnyaku jelly powder that i bought to make the variety of jelly *

i onli drink kopi-O(means coffee without milk for me, pls)......... but last week, i experimented with coffee flavoured jelly.......why coffee flavour? dunno-leh.... just for fun.... as it turned out, the jelly was bitter... as in very BITTER... hehehehe.... too kiasu of me to put in coffee powder the size of a yogurt cup... hubby did not eat even a piece coz he's not a coffee lover too.....

comments from most friends/my mum: wow! very bitter ah
comments from a few friends(mainly coffee lovers): not bad. coffee sure BITTER one. else, it's not coffee. hehehe...

and today, i tried out jelly with red dragon fruit for my dear hubby(since he didn't get to eat any jelly last week... poor him coz jelly is his fav).... the result: nice colour(dunno why it became purple colour, supposedly red rite? & it's not too sweet.....

my MIL said next time can try to blend the fruit to make juices and mix with the jelly instead of using cut fruits... see how next time....

yummy MILO jelly

i tested out this jelly recipe last weekend when i was suddenly in the mood to make two packets of jelly.... one pack was the normal sunkist orange flavour and guess what? as for the other pack, i tried the MILO flavour.... the comment from hubby/ "ji mui" was NOT BAD... quite delicous actually but will taste better without puting in the NATA DE COCO....

ribena jelly

today i spared some time to make ribena flavoured jelly for hubby before he leave for 2 weeks business trip to japan tomorrow.... going to miss him.... however, the jelly turned out soft... dunno why... must be the type of sugar i used... sigh...