I decided to share this simple dessert recipe that you can make really fast. It's a recipe I got from ieatishootipost.sg blog and you can make many different variations of it according to your liking. =)
Pardon us (man tou and myself) for being very random, but this blog is really more like reading a general lifestyle magazine than a specialist book. I think its more fun to have a mix of everything in one! So instead of a food place to recommend, I'll recommend a recipe!
Anyways, this dessert here is called the "Tea Jelly".
It's really much like the normal konnyaku jelly that your mom makes with fruits added inside to make it more chewable. Except, this recipe is to replace plain water with tea. (Yes, tea seems to be able to be included in any edible food.) Rather than using boiling plain water to dissolve the konnyaju jelly power, you can use tea water to give the jelly a more delicate flavour to your jelly =) And because the jelly powder has added sugar into it, there is not need to add extra sugar to this recipe!
The actual recipe calls for Oolang black tea, but actually most kind of any other tea you like is fine. I used Green Apple Tea for mine and added kiwi fruit. The tea has a very nice fruity taste, but I felt the kiwi fruit didnt really complement well with the taste of the tea. So, I reckon fruits like lychee, longan and Nata de coco are safer because they generally dont have a change in taste nor texture under temperature difference.
So, here goes...
Tea Jelly With Fruits
Ingredients:
- 2 packs of tea bags (any flavour you prefer)
- 500ml boiling water
- 1 packet konnyaku jelly powder
- cube size cut fruits (lychee, mango, strawberry, NataDeCoco..etc)
Logistics:
- Plastic jelly mould
Method:
- Soak the 2 tea bags inside a pot of boiling water (turn off fire)
- Let it set for 5-10 minutes
- Heat up the tea water (turn on fire again) and add the jelly powder in batches. Stir while adding.
- Stir continuously until all powder is dissolved
- Remove from fire and let it cool for 5-10 minutes (Make sure the syrup do not solidify)
- Cut the fruits you desire and place the bite size fruits into the plastic mould
- Pour the cooled syrup into the mould
- Fill it to the full
- Refrigerate for 1 hours or until the syrup turns to jelly.
- Remove the jelly from mould and serve chilled.
Serves up to 10.
Alternative Method:
- Can serve also the plain tea jelly with fruits as topping and not inside the jelly.
- Can serve as plain jelly, with cut fruits and sugar syrup with wolfberries to give more sweetness and goodness to your dessert.
- Do not leave it at room temperature for long because the jelly may liquidized, hence, always keep it chilled.
Its really quite fun to make. You can enjoy it with your friends and family as a nice after meal treat! Making desserts dont necessarily have to be a hassle sometimes. Try it ba!
Please do comment to us if you have some other suggestions to improve ^_^
Meanwhile,
live well folks.
Slurps slurps
Charsiewpao.
