Koi Fish Jelly
By: Anncoo
Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 6:47am

Ingredients




500ml Water
100g Sugar
150ml Fresh milk
9g Agar agar powder
2-3 Pandan leaves
2 Fish molds (from Sunlik)
12 Black currants

Preparation

1 Using scissors to cut black currants into half and roll into tiny nibs with your finger tips as fish eyes. Tie pandan leaves into a small knot. 2 Boil water, sugar, agar agar powder and pandan leaves together, keep stirring water until boil at medium heat. Off heat and stir agar agar liquid for another 2-3 minutes. Discard pandan leaves. 3 Put agar agar liquid under double boiler or at low heat to prevent agar agar liquid set quickly. ~ stir occasionally. 4 Using a tweezers and dip black currant into agar agar liquid then place black currant on the fish mold eyes. It will sticks quickly. 5 Take 2 tsp of agar agar liquid into a sauce plate and add a drop of coloring into it (any color you prefer) and mix well. (I used 2 colors ~ cherry red and lemon yellow) 6 Using the back of the teaspoon，smear the colored liquid quickly on fish mold body ~ mix any color you like. (if the colored liquid has set, add a little hot agar agar liquid to dilute it), 7 After the colored liquid set on the fish mold, reboil the plain agar agar liquid. Off heat and  pour fresh milk into it and stir for another 2-3 minutes and gently pour it into molds (cool down the liquid if it is too hot). 8 Chill agar agar Koi fish in fridge for at least 2-3 hours or overnight before removing from the fish mold.

About

Koi Fish Jelly with brighter colour  represents wealth and prosperity.  年年有余 nian nian you yu ~The word 'fish' 鱼or 'yu'  余  means literally every year having surpluses and it is a must have dish (steamed fish) for new year dinner.