Rainbow Agar Agar
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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 8
To Make the Colourful Agar Agar
INGREDIENTS
6 teaspoons (15 g) agar agar powder
180 g caster sugar
1000 ml thick coconut milk
Pinch of salt
5 pandan leaves, tied into a knot
Green, yellow and red colouring
METHOD
1 Put the first 5 ingredients into a pot and boil it till the sugar dissolves.
2 Discard pandan leaves.
3 Pour equal portions into 3 different bowls and colour each green, red and yellow and leave to set.
4 Grate the coloured agar coarsely and keep refrigerated.
To Make the Transparent Agar Agar
INGREDIENTS
9 teaspoons agar agar powder
260 g caster sugar
1500 ml water
6 pandan leaves, tied into a knot
Red colouring
METHOD
1 1 Boil the first 4 ingredients until the sugar dissolves. Discard the pandan leaves.
2 Take 250 ml of this transparent agar agar and colour it red.
3 Pour into mould and allow it to set partially.
4 Arrange the grated coloured agar agar and pour the transparent agar agar over.
5 Leave it to set and keep refrigerate
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