Agar-agar Gudil Gula Melaka

Ingredients

Coconut Milk Layer

200ml Kara coconut milk

1 1/2 cup water

1 large egg

1 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla essence

Agar2 Layer

10g agar-agar strip or 10g agar2 powder

240g chopped gula melaka

2 tbsp dark brown sugar

3 cups water

pandan leaves

Directions

• combine and whisk lightly ingredients for the coconut milk mixture, sift and put aside
• (if using agar2 strip, soak and cut into small pieces before using)
• boil sugar and pandan leaves until sugar dissolved and add in the agar2
• cook till all dissolved and lower the temperature
• pour coconut milk and egg mixture into agar-agar
• bring temperature up to a boil (stirring all the way) until you can see some curdling from the eggs
• once separation can be seen quickly pour into a glass dish or any desired mould (preferably 7x7x3 inch)
• once cooled about 30min to an hour, leave agar-agar in the fridge about 1 to 2 hours until firm enough to cut and serve

Tips
good gula melaka should be soft and brittle. If the gula melaka have impurities, you may want to sieve the agar-agar first before adding the coconut milk and egg mixture. Pandan leaf may be removed at the sametime...

Foodnote

I love love love love agar-agar gudil made by my mum. I pester her for the traditional recipe passed down from my late grandmother. Mum never use agar-agar powder so I must also follow lah. This is so good and and easy to make.