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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Pandan Coconut Jelly




Here's to u, jelly-o-lic Melody. Ha Ha!

I like my jellies that contain coconut milk to be homogenous. I do not like them separated to 2 layers. If they are separated, I find the coconut layer to be harder,therefore I do not like that. BTW, this is a firm jelly. If u like it wobblier, just reduce the agar amount by abt 30-50%.

If u do not like it homogenous, but like it separated, just omit the cornstarch.


(A)
1.5L water
350gm sugar
(B)
28 gm agar-agar powder
0.5L pandan juice
(C)
Coconut milk extracted from 2 coconuts + water equaling 500ml
1 Tbsp corn starch

1. Bring A to a boil.
2. Combine B and pour into (1).
3. Bring (2) to a boil and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.
4. Combine (C) and pour into (2). Bring back to a simmer and turn off the heat.
5. Pour agar-agar solution into prepared wet moulds.
6. Leave to cool at room temperature and chill in fridge.


This will taste a bit “green”, but pandan juice(alone) cannot be boiled in advance for too long as the green colour will separate. Don't worry, the green smell will go off in 2 days time. It taste better aged. Can be kept for 2 weeks in the fridge.

If u’re using agar-agar strips, then u have to change the method. Boil water with agar strips. When mixture has come to a boil, put in pandan juice, and continue to boil until agar strips have all melted away. Put in sugar and (c) and bring back to a simmer. Cooking with agar strips takes longer time, therefore the sugar goes in later.

10 comments:

  1. Thanks Wendyywy for those tips & all you recipes. I always wonder how to get homogenous jellies but always failed. Now I had the courage to try it again and I love the way u show us using the same ingredients but in different form (agar-agar powder vs strips.

    Stephie

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  2. Hey... thanks...!!! I'll see if i can try this recipe this weekend...if i've not delivered yet! Pls do post on how to get pandan juice using d blender, my MIL very against the mortar...said we'll be eating the sand n mud too! Thanks again!

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  3. Hi there,
    If i am using pandan essence instead of juice, and coconut milk instead of extract of coconut. will this recipe still work? what would the new recipe look like?
    Thanks!!!

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  4. Hi anonymous,

    U can use pandan essence, but in my own opinion, the essence taste weird. Pandan Paste or emulco will be a better choice. Just replace the amount of pandan juice with water and 1 or 2 tsp of pandan paste and it'll work as fine. I'm sorry to confuse u with the word "extract". It's coconut milk I'm refering to.

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  5. Hi,
    Thank you for the tips! I found the pandan paste and also bought the coconut milk. Definite will try to make it soon!

    Thanks again!!


    Heidi

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  6. hi wendy,

    can use the can coconut milk as unable to get fresh coconut .

    thanks

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  7. mmmyen,
    You can, then use 400ml canned coconut milk + 100ml water.
    It's just that here, the locals will always prefer the taste of fresh coconut milk. :p
    It's very different.

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  8. Hi Wendy,
    I tried your recipe last week and it was delicious! However, my jelly is still separated into two layers instead of being homogeneous. I added 1 tbsp corn starch as recommended. What went wrong?

    Cindy

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  9. Hi Wendy i tried the agar-agar taste quite good but my problem is like Cindy (comments dated 16 Jun 12) the agar-agar still separate into 2 layers.

    Cheers
    Hailey

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  10. Cindy and Hailey,
    After you added in the starch + coconut milk, did you stir it and bring it back to a simmer?
    It should thicken slightly.
    Whenever you add starch mixture to anything, you must stir it

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