Agar Agar Jelly Mooncakes with "Salted Egg Yolk"
Ingredients
For the Agar Agar Jelly Egg Yolk
- 1¼ teaspoons agar agar powder
- 2 pcs pandan leaves
- 70 g sugar
- 80 ml orange juice if not available, you can replace with water
- 200 ml water
- 2-3 drops each of orange and yellow food coloring
For the Fillings
- 1/2 tablespoon agar agar powder
- 40 g sugar
- 100 ml water
- 100 ml coconut milk
- 2-3 drops yellow coloring
For the Skin Ingredients
- 4 teaspoons agar agar powder
- 150 g sugar
- 450 ml water
- 200 ml coconut milk
- few drops green / purple coloring
Instructions
For the Agar Agar Jelly Egg Yolk
- Boil all ingredients together until sugar dissolves and remove from heat.
- Stir in coloring and pour into jelly ball ice cube tray, press tight.
- Unmould when they are set. (Refer to steps pictures above.)
For the Fillings
- Combine all ingredients and bring it to boil. Remove from heat and add in yellow coloring and mix well. Pour into muffins moulds as pictures above and leave to set before unmoulding.
For the Skin
- Boil all ingredients together until sugar dissolved and remove from heat. Stir in green/purple food coloring and mix well. Pour mixture into mooncake moulds based on steps above.
Notes
The recipe below is meant for an estimate of 5 complete pieces of agar agar jelly mooncakes, with some extra.
You can free to change the amount of sugar and coconut milk to water proportions as you desired.
The standard rule of thumb is 1 pack of agar agar powder (10g) is to be mixed with 1000ml of water. If you prefer it firmer, you could reduce the water by 100ml or reduce 1 teaspoon of powder from the 10g pack.
And if coconut milk is added, reduce that amount from the water accordingly (For example, if 250ml of coconut milk is added, reduce the water to 750ml for a same pack of 10g of agar agar powder.)
How much coconut milk is to be used depends on individual’s preferences as well. You are free to replace it with fresh milk or soya bean or even if all are not preferred, just water will do also !
You can free to change the amount of sugar and coconut milk to water proportions as you desired.
The standard rule of thumb is 1 pack of agar agar powder (10g) is to be mixed with 1000ml of water. If you prefer it firmer, you could reduce the water by 100ml or reduce 1 teaspoon of powder from the 10g pack.
And if coconut milk is added, reduce that amount from the water accordingly (For example, if 250ml of coconut milk is added, reduce the water to 750ml for a same pack of 10g of agar agar powder.)
How much coconut milk is to be used depends on individual’s preferences as well. You are free to replace it with fresh milk or soya bean or even if all are not preferred, just water will do also !