Red Bean Jelly
- 7 tablespoons red beans
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 agar agar a packet, 9gms
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 1 3/4 tablespoons agar agar 1/2 a packet
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1 screwpine leaf knotted -optional
- Soak red beans for 4 hours or overnight.
- Pressure cook the beans until soften.
- Mash the beans coarsely or fine.
- Wash the agar-agar and squeezed out excess water.
- In a heat proof pan, place 9gms agar-agar and cook it with 200ml water.
- Wait unti the agar agar dissolve before adding in 6 tbsp sugar.
- Simmer until sugar dissolve.
- Sieve the mixture and put back to heat.
- Slowly add in the mash red beans and stir with the agar agar until well combined.
- Leave to simmer for 1 or 2 mins and pour into desired moulds. Make sure the moulds that you use is the same one that you use for the skin .
- The filling must be smaller therefore pour a bit only.
- Its advisable to use 2 to 3 sets of similar moulds to prepare this jelly.
- Leave it to set in room temperature.
- For the Skin:
- Cook the other half of the agar agar with 200ml of water and screwpine leaf.
- Once dissolved add sugar.
- Leave to simmer then sieve.
- Place back to heat, add in essence and colouring.
- Leave to cook until the mixture becomes half from the original amount.
- Then slow ly add in coconut milk.Leave to simmer in very low heat.
- To assemble:
- Cut the red bean jelly as desired to make it fit in the middle of the mould.
- Pour in the coconut mixture into moulds 1/4 to 1/2 full.Leave to set slightly for 10-15mins.
- Use a toothpick to prick the semi set jellies.
- Then slowly place the filling in the middle.
- Pour until full the coconut mixture again until it covers the filling.
- Leave to set.
- Do the same until all the mixture is used up.
- Leave in room temperature for at least one hour before transferring to the fridge.
- Once firm you can serve with a scoop of ice cream or as it is. Just as tasty.
red beans, sugar, agar, sugar, vanilla essence, agar agar, coconut milk, screwpine
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Red-Bean-Jelly-1670965 (may not work)