Red Bean Jelly
Photo: Sudha
Ingredients
Ingredients A
Filling:
80 grams red beans
6 tablespoons sugar
1/2 a packet agar agar (9gms)
Ingredient B
Skin:
4 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
9 grams agar-agar (½ a packet)
1 cup coconut milk
1 screwpine leaf(knotted) -optional
Colouring
Preparation
1
For the filling:
2
Soak red beans for 4 hours or overnight.
3
Pressure cook the beans until soften.
4
Mash the beans coarsely or fine.
6
In a heat proof pan, place 9gms agar-agar and cook it with 200ml water.
7
Wait unti the agar agar dissolve before adding in 6 tbsp sugar.
9
Sieve the mixture and put back to heat.
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12
The filling must be smaller therefore pour a bit only.
13
Its advisable to use 2 to 3 sets of similar moulds to prepare this jelly.
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Leave it to set in room temperature.
15
For the Skin:
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Cook the other half of the agar agar with 200ml of water and screwpine leaf.
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Once dissolved add sugar.
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Leave to simmer then sieve.
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Place back to heat, add in essence and colouring.
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Leave to cook until the mixture becomes half from the original amount.
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To assemble:
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Cut the red bean jelly as desired to make it fit in the middle of the mould.
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Pour in the coconut mixture into moulds ¼ to ½ full.Leave to set slightly for 10-15mins.
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Use a toothpick to prick the semi set jellies.
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Then slowly place the filling in the middle.
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Pour until full the coconut mixture again until it covers the filling.
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Leave to set.
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Do the same until all the mixture is used up.
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Leave in room temperature for at least one hour before transferring to the fridge.
Tools
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About
A sweet dessert with filling
Yield:
4.0
Added:
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 12:14pm
Comments
May 21, 2010
Thanks for your fast reply. Will try it this weekend
May 20, 2010
Hi Sudha
Your jelly look very nice & special. Can I omit the coconut milk to fresh milk or evorporate milk? some of my frens cannot taka coconut milk. Thank you for yr reply.
Veronica
May 21, 2010
Hi veronica,
Yes, you can replace with evaporated milk.