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.
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