CNY Golden Seaweed Agar

Chinese New Year Auspicious Golden Agar Agar

(a rather healthy dessert, if you discount the sugar!)

The Small Yu (Carp) only - measurements: L (horizontally across, from tail to nose area) - 9.5"/24cm, H - 2"/5cm, W - 3"/7.5 cm - would rest on 3/4 lengthwise of an A4 paper - would serve 8 to 10 people. Price - $20 (+$5 for bubbles & seaweed)

The Big Yu (Carp) only - measurements: L (horizontally across, from tail to nose area) - 13.5"/35cm, H - 2"/5cm, W - 4"/10cm - would rest on 3/4 lengthwise of an A3 paper - would serve about 20 people. Price - $30 (+$5 for bubbles & seaweed)

The Rabbit - measurements: L - 7"/13cm, H - 3"/7.5cm, W - 3.75"/10cm - would rest on 1/3 breathwise of an A4 paper - would serve about 6-8 people - Price - $22
(note: the rabbit has a more golden sheen then as seen in pic, it doesn't seem to come out well in the photos!)


Add $5 (only for Yu agar) to the price for bubbles (longan) and seaweed (green agar agar) to be self-assembled as below. Agar agar to be self-collected from Ang Mo Kio Ave 9. Should you pool orders and have at least 5 types of agar to order, I can deliver to one location. So do get your colleagues and other kakis to order....

This agar agar keeps very well, for weeks, even a couple of months.

I also do individual portions of the Golden Agar Agar, Price - $20 for 16 pcs (minimum order of 16 pcs) . I also make Konnyaku Jelly too!

Do drop me an email: jellyjellydeli@gmail.com

Don't miss out!Its simply delectable!

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Hey, I am on a row! 2 blogs within 24 hrs! My new year resolution of not procrastinating and acting fast is taking action! Actually, kids are all out from a tiring day at school, and I am blessed with a little time for myself! The little pleasures!

Today, I update on my agar creations to date! These are some of the best ones I have done. I am always a bit apprehensive about making the colours more intense, which means we are consuming more artificial colouring, which is not good for the little ones.....The agar are all layered coconut agar and plain agar. Definitely, no preservatives, so whatever you order, is freshly made on the day of consumption.














With chinese new year round the corner, I experimented on a nonya agar agar receipe that a fabulous baba cook shared with me. This nonya agar agar is crisp and not overly sweet, with a lovely golden sheen, that's so apt for chinese new year - gold....prosperity!!!! This agar is just the thing to serve guests, after gorging on heaty cashew nut cookies, peanut cookies, bak kwa. Its refreshing and healthy (read my earlier blog on the benefits of agar). I made it with a carp mould - symbolising - "nian nian you yu".

This was a hotcake during Chinese New Year when it was sold out at a rather famous peranakan restaurant in 2007. This year, it cost about $40 for one that's a rabbit shaped that's about 1/2 the size of an A4 paper. Get yours now with Jelly Deli. I package it in 2 versions - the yu only ($20) or the yu + the works ($25- to be self assembled) - self-collect at AMK before CNY. This agar keeps well, in the fridge, just covered in a plastic box. Apparently in the past, nonyas used to make this agar well ahead of the festivities as it was one of the few items that keep well.

The Yu only - its a small carp - cut it up it 1 cm-width slivers (16-20 slivers) and it should sufficiently serve 8-10 adults.

The Yu + the works - its a small carp decorated with longans (bubbles!) and green agar (seaweed in the water!). This is a prettier version, which is wonderful as a gift.

Drop me an email for orders! jellyjellydeli@gmail.com!

A long hiatus...I bake too!

A year has flown by! And I never managed to even blog on my adventures in creating different agars! Thanks to the various kids birthday parties we've been invited to, I managed to get loads of practice with the various character moulds - that also double up as an edible birthday gift!

Other than agars, I have ventured to baking! I found the perfect mix from Baker's One! Today, the kids and I did donuts (didn't bake, but fried them!)! I must say Baker's One Doughnut Mix was truly idiot-proof and we managed to churn out some really decent looking, and nice tasting donuts! My next venture is to work on another idiot-proof bangkit cookie mix, that hopefully, even whoas my ever critical peranakan aunties! Imagine, a bangkit, where you don't even need to fry the flour, or was it the coconut....its complicated???

See, I made these donuts! Macam donut factory???

See, how easy it is, with a great pre-mix!

Step 1. Get a packet of the easiest doughnut mix from Baker's One

Step 2. Dissolve the yeast in the water

Step 3. Add in doughnut mix

Step 4. Knead in the softened butter

Step 5. Leave to rest for 30 mins

Step 6. Shape the doughnuts. See my enthusiastic daughter, not even out of her PJs and hard at work, making donuts for daddy's breakfast. Had to cheat a bit and used an O cookie cutter to make the perfect O donuts!

Step 7. The sinful part.......Deep Fry the donuts! Hey! donuts that are almost done, float up!

Step 8. For extra- extravagance - melt chocs to coat it, and my hardworking kids were rewarded with sprinkles to sweeten their delectable donuts! See them lapping it all up, still in PJs!! It was a great sunday morning activity for the kids! Little mess, but lots of fun for them to knead and shape the dough and eat their own freshly made donuts!

In case you were wondering, what's Baker's One. Baker's One is a Malaysia-based baking supply company. Think along the lines of Phoon Huat or Ghim Heng Lee in Singapore. They have wonderful pre-mixes and what's special is they have pre-mixes for very local cookies - bangkit, green pea cookies. There are also chocolate cookie mix and cake mixes. What I love about it is it's free of preservatives and additives (so the shelf-life of the mixes are short, but you know you are getting them fresh each time). Next on my list to experiment is the Baker's One pizza mix! Another activity to get my kids to work for their food! Hopefully, I blog about that sooner than a year!