Monday, May 2, 2011

Fruit Pudding

Ingredients:

1 package unflavoured agar-agar powder
1 fresh ripe mangoes, peeled, discard the pit and chopped
8 big strawberry, chopped (use 4 for cooking and other 4 for decoration)
80 gr sugar (you can add more sugar if you like sweet taste)
800 ml milk
200 ml mango juice
4 tablespoon orange jam
1 teaspoon corn starch


Directions:

Mix all the ingredients in a medium pot. Bring to boil in a small heat and stir ocassionally until done. Remove from heat.And let it cold.

Wet jelly molds with water before using. Pour into prepared jelly molds. Cool down until set, unmold puddings, place on dessert plates.

Decorate it as you like!

Rujak

Rujak is a hot, spicy fruit salad. You can make it from whatever combination of fruit and vegetables you like.

Ingredients
2 cucumbers, peeled and cut into half moons
1/2 pineapple, peeled and cut into chunks
2 mangoes, peeled and cut into slices
1 papaya, peeled and cut into slices

Sauce ingredients:
100g palm sugar
10g tamarind pulp, soaked in 1/2 cup warm water and strained
2 long red chillies
2 bird chillies
1/2 teaspoon terasi (shrimp paste)
1/2 teaspoon salt
Handful crushed roasted peanuts (optional)

Preparation method
1. Combine all the fruit and vegetables in a large bowl and set aside.

2. With a mortar and pestle, pound all the sauce ingredients into a smooth sauce. Pour over the fruit and vegetables. Sprinkle with peanuts and serve.

Wajik

INGREDIENTS

1 cup white glutinous rice (soak 2 hours)
1 cup water
1 cup palm sugar
3/4 cup coconut milk
1/4 cup water
a punch of salt
2 pandan leaves

METHOD

Rinse the glutionus rice several times and soak at least 2 hours.

Put in the rice, 1 cup water and salt into a rice cooker and on the switch or you can use a non stick pot, occasionally stir and let it cook. Once it is cooked, stir to separate and let cool.

In a non stick pot, combine sugar and water, bring to boil, strain. Put back the syrup into the pot together with coconut milk, salt and pandan leaves. Keep stirring until thicken and bubbles appear on top. Discard the pandan leaves.

Now add the cooked rice, stir until rice fully coated by syrup and leaves side of pot.

Pour onto greased shallow tray and let cool.

When completely cool, slice as your desired shape and serve it.