Chendol Agar Agar

Taste great during this super hot weather. My dear son manage to pop down three pieces but pick out the kidney beans! Did not realise the need to skim of the froth, after setting the agar agar looks 'ugly'. Who cares as long as it taste nice hahahaa....

Ingredient

• 500ml water
• 160gm palm sugar
• 12gm agar agar powder
• 3 pandan leaves
• 300ml coconut milk
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 300gm chendol
• 1/2 can kidney beans
  

Method

1. Put water, palm sugar & pandan leaves into a pot. Bring to boil till sugar dissolves. Add agar agar powder. Boil for 1 min. Remove pandan leaves.
2. Mix salt with coconut milk and add into pot. Bring to boil. Turn off heat.
3. Rinse chendol until water is no longer green. Drain well. Place chendol and kidney beans into small moulds.
4. Scoop agar agar mixture into moulds and leave to set in fridge.
   

Banana Walnut Cake

A recipe extracted from Aunty Yochana. I modify the recipe slightly by reducing the sugar amount and increase the walnut to 1 cup :) Soft & fluffy texture with great aroma!

Ingredient

• 125gm butter
• 200gm sugar
• 2 large eggs - beaten lightly
• 200gm cake flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 100gm natural yoghurt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 250gm mashed bananas
  

Method

1. Grease a 7 inch square cake tin and line base.
   
2. Cream butter with sugar till creamy.
3. Add in beaten eggs, yoghurt and vanilla essence and give a quick whisk.
4. Add mashed bananas and beat till just combined.
5. Fold in flour and baking soda.
6. Fold in chopped walnuts and pour into cake tin.
7. Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg cel for about 40 - 45 mins.
8. Cool cake in pan about 5 mins before unmoulding to cool completely on rack.