Showing posts with label Jelly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jelly. Show all posts
Christmas is coming...
>> Nov 27, 2009
“Jingle bells, jingle bells…” - I’m starting on my preparation for Christmas.
I know there’s still 28 days to Christmas but I’ve started my Christmas shopping, it’s going to take time to get the perfect gift. I love shopping for gifts and wrapping gifts. Sometimes, it’s so difficult to get the perfect gift… we can only guess what he/she needs by the hints (sometimes not so subtle uh? J ). Well, more like suitable gift.
I’ve drawn out my Action Plan, hahaha… that’s what I do… I have weekly plan, monthly plan and yearly plan so I just prepare a Christmas celebration plan! Easy & organized, right? … J My Strategic Christmas Plan! My Boss will be so proud of me...
First, draw up the Gift List so we’ll know how many gifts we need to get. Then, there is the Christmas baking, what are we going to bake and cook and what are we going to order from the Shops. Entertaining guests – are you hosting a family dinner, Christmas party or having the celebration at a posh hotel restaurant? It is best to make early plans so you don’t get run off your feet, getting the stuff, ingredients, gifts, send invitations and then you’ll be too tired to enjoy the fun.
This year, we’ll be celebrating at my aunt’s place, so it’s going to be easy for me. I’m already shopping for some gifts and will bring something from my kitchen.
There’s the fruitcake that I need to start baking next week for ourselves and some friends. And, I tried out a nice Christmassy jelly late last night. I need to improve on the timing and I found the jelly layers separating as I unmolded it. :-(
Here it is…
I'll be baking some cookies to gift to some friends... I think December is the busiest month for most though it's the school final term break where teachers get to rest & Moms get to climb trees (just joking!) keeping kids busy, most working people will be clearing annual leave, taking kids for holidays and some will be catching up with incomplete 2009 New Year Resolution. Err.. me too!
Meantime...Happy Thanksgiving !
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Layered Jelly
>> Nov 2, 2009
Lately, I seem to be making lots of chilled dessert... and this is another of my weekend experiment.
I just added another one to the collection, 2-tone layered jelly. A book, all on jelly and pudding in a bookstore caught my eyes a couple of weeks ago. They looked so delightful & colourful and that gave me an idea to experiment a little over the weekend.
The recipe is the same as Soymilk Jelly. I just tweaked it a little, used small cute jelly molds instead of a big glass dish, to create small cute individual chilled dessert. I used fresh soymilk instead of coconut milk or evaporated milk or condensed milk which can do as well.
And, the last piece...
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Soymilk Jelly
>> Oct 11, 2009
I made this last night for dessert. Hope you'll like this.
(A)
10g Agar-agar powder
800ml Fresh soymilk, unsweetened
150g sugar
(B) Top layer
5g Agar-agar powder
4 tsp sugar
400ml water
1 piece Pandan leaf (screwpine leaf)
2 drops of red colouring (optional)
You can get fresh unsweetened Soymilk from Soy Milk & Taufu Fah vendors or you can opt to make your own.
1. Mix (A), agar-agar powder with sugar and fresh soymilk in saucepan.
2. Over medium heat, keep stirring till agar-agar powder is well dissolved.
3. Pour into a glass dish (25cm x 15cm)
4. Chill in the fridge.
5. Next, prepare the top layer, mix agar-agar powder with sugar and water in saucepan.
6. Add in pandan leaf (cut in small pieces of 5cm in length).
7. Keep stirring over medium heat till all agar-agar powder is well dissolved. (You should be able to smell the fragrant pandan leaves)
8. Add 2 drops of red colouring. Turn off flame.
9. Let mixture cool a little.
10. Gently spoon red-colour agar-agar mixture onto the chilled soymilk jelly which would have hardened somewhat by now. If the soymilk layer is too hard, you would need to scratch lightly on the surface with a fork before adding the red layer.
11. Chill again in the fridge for 3 hours.
12. Cut and serve chilled.
Pandan flavour and soymilk partners quite well together. The red colour top layer makes the jelly prettier.
Hope you have a good week ahead.
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Cincau jelly in soy bean milk drink
>> Sep 19, 2009
This is a very common drink in Malaysia
In the holy month of Ramadhan, that’s when Muslims here break fast, a glass of chilled soy bean milk with grass jelly added or cincau syrup drink is much welcome at the end of a day, after a day of fasting. The cincau (grass jelly) that is black in colour is served in many restaurants and food-stalls in ABC (air batu campur, ais kacang or ice kacang or shaved ice served with red beans, syrup, milk, corn and cincau), cendol or cincau drink.
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