Name: Talam Agar Agar (Agar Agar with Coconut Milk Topping)
Yield: Makes 8 Servings
Ingredients: 1½ cups water; 300 g or 10½ ounces sugar; 40 g or 1½ ounce agar agar strips, cut into 2.5cm or 1 inch pieces*; 5 pandan leaves, tied into a knot; ½ teaspoon green food colouring; 150 g or 5½ ounces sugar; 2¼ cups of water; 20 g or ¾ ounce agar agar strips, cut into 2.5 cm or 1 inch pieces*; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1¼ cups coconut milk

Preparation info

Makes
8
Servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Growing Up In A Nonya Kitchen

By Sharon Wee

Published 2012

About

This is a common dessert, it comes in a pink or green bottom layer and an opaque white top. Back then, we did not have the abundance of premium ice cream for dessert. So the closest we could get to a convenient after-dinner dessert was agar agar.

Ingredients

Green Layer

300 g or 10½ ounces sugar
1½ cups water

Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

For the green layer, combine the sugar, water and pandan leaves in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add in the agar agar strips. Stir until the sugar and the strips are fully dissolved. Remove the knotted pandan leaves. Strain through a colander to remove lumps. Add the green food colouring. Pour the mixture into a round tin about 30 cm or 12 inches in diameter. Leave to

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Ingredients

Green Layer

Method

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