Rose Flavoured Agar Agar
No gelatin, no fuss, no baking. This rose agar agar uses just 5 ingredients and your fridge. I slice it into diamonds for CNY and squares for everyday.
Servings: 16 servings
Calories: 175kcal
Equipment
- Pan
- square tin
- agar agar moulds
Ingredients
- 32 g agar agar strips , cut into short strands and soaked for 1 hr
- 1 ½ litre water
- 700 g rock sugar , broken into smaller pieces
- 5 pandan leaves , tied into a knot
- 1 ½ tsp rose essence
- 2 drops pink or red food colouring
Instructions
- Put agar agar strips and water into a pan and bring to a gentle boil over a medium-low fire till agar agar dissolves.
- Add rock sugar and pandan leaves and boil for about 5 mins or until sugar is dissolved. Discard pandan leaves. Add essence and colouring. Stir to mix well. Pour into a square tin or agar agar moulds.
- Leave to cool for 5 to 10 mins, then put in the fridge to set for 3 hrs. Serve sliced into squares or any shape you fancy.