Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Coconut Red Bean Jelly

Ingredient:
200 g of red bean
13 g of powder agar agar (Rose brand)
300 g of sugar
500 ml of coconut milk
120 g of cornflour
1 tsp red colouring
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
750 ml of water (part of this from balance of red bean water)

Method:
1.Soak the red beans in hot boiling water for 30 mins, change hot water every 30 mins, for 3 times. (Do not wash the red beans with cold water or tap water first). Then send to boil until cooked and soft (not spitted) - 5 bowls of water (abt 1.5 litre of water) to boil with the red beans. Once red beans is cooked, drain off the water, (keep the red beans water for later use)

2. Mix coconut milk, corn flour, salt together - set aside. Mix Sugar, Agar Agar well. Then add water, also water (red bean balance water), send to boil and stir until dissolved. Then added in No.3 mixture, red colouring, vanilla. Still boiling, use a whisker to stir, until bubbles appears add in cooked red beans, then stir again until it turn thicken. Pour the solution into the mould to let it set, when it cool down, keep in fridge for serving.

Optional: replace the red bean with a can of creamy corn.

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