Pandan Coconut Milk Agar Agar is a very simple recipe, you just have to combine and cook all ingredients in a cooking pot, then pour into a mould, the pandan agar agar jelly will automatically split into 2 layers when cooled.
To achieve the 2-layer effect, you need to use fresh thick coconut milk extracted from fresh grated coconut that is without any additives. Canned or boxed coconut milk (and some fresh coconut milk sold in market) are usually loaded with binder which will prevent the separation of water and oil, thus you won’t have 2 layers when the agar-agar has set.
CHINESE VERSION: 香兰椰奶燕菜糕
Pandan Coconut Milk Agar Agar | MyKitchen101en
Yields: 28 pieces
Ingredients:
- 150 ml (½ cup + 2 tbsps) pandan juice*
- 1 egg
- 250 ml (1 cup + 1 tbsp) fresh thick coconut milk (Please refer: How to Extract Thick Coconut Milk from Fresh Grated Coconut)
- 15 g (5 tsps) agar-agar powder
- 200 g (1 cup) sugar
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1250 ml (5 ⅓ cups) plain water
Instructions:
1 *Pandan juice: Add 150 ml of water to 40 g of pandan leaves, blend until fine, extract 150 ml of pandan juice. Beat egg lightly, then add pandan juice and egg to coconut milk, mix well.
2 Add agar-agar powder, sugar and salt to plain water (not hot water), mix well, then bring to the boil.
3 Reduce to medium heat, cook until agar-agar powder has fully dissolved.
4 Reduce to medium-low heat, add in pandan coconut milk egg mixture gradually, keep stirring while adding.
5 Bring to the boil again, then off the heat immediately.
6 Pour agar agar mixture into heat resistant mould (with 2 Liter capacity), set aside to cool completely.
7 When cooled, cover the mould and chill for 3-4 hours until Pandan Coconut Milk Agar Agar has fully set.
Pandan Coconut Milk Agar Agar
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Equipment
- 1 Heat resistant mould (with 2 Liter capacity)
Ingredients
- 150 ml ½ cup + 2 tbsps pandan juice*
- 1 egg
- 250 ml 1 cup + 1 tbsp fresh thick coconut milk
- 15 g 5 tsps agar-agar powder
- 200 g 1 cup sugar
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1250 ml 5 ⅓ cups plain water
Instructions
- *Pandan juice: Add 150 ml of water to 40 g of pandan leaves, blend until fine, extract 150 ml of pandan juice. Beat egg lightly, then add pandan juice and egg to coconut milk, mix well.
- Add agar-agar powder, sugar and salt to plain water (not hot water), mix well, then bring to the boil. Reduce to medium heat, cook until agar-agar powder has fully dissolved.
- Reduce to medium-low heat, add in pandan coconut milk egg mixture gradually, keep stirring while adding. Bring to the boil again, then off the heat immediately.
- Pour agar agar mixture into heat resistant mould (with 2 Liter capacity), set aside to cool completely.
- When cooled, cover the mould and chill for 3-4 hours until Pandan Coconut Milk Agar Agar has fully set.
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Recipe and method looks simple but combining metric, cups and spoons in your measurements is confusing and tedious for beginners.
You may just follow the metric measurement i.e. in gram and ml, you will need to use standard measuring spoon for measuring ingredient in small quantity (for example salt).