Koi Fish Jelly ~ CNY 2012

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In the blink of an eye we'll be celebrating the Lunar New Year in just a few days. Here I'm again posting Koi Fish Jelly with brighter colour which represent 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. 

I'm taking a break for a week from blogging and be back end January. Wishing all readers especially our Chinese readers a happy and healthy  year of Dragon! 

 I'm submitting this post to :

Aspiring Bakers #15: Auspicious Dishes for CNY (January 2012) hosted by Wen of Wen's Delight

Koi Fish Jelly 

            

            Ingredients:

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

• 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.
• 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.
• Put agar agar liquid under double boiler or at low heat to prevent agar agar liquid set quickly. ~ stir occasionally.
• Using a tweezers and dip black currant into agar agar liquid then place black currant on the fish mold eyes. It will sticks quickly. 

• 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)

• 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),
• 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).
• Chill agar agar Koi fish in fridge for at least 2-3 hours or overnight before removing from the fish mold.

You may also like to refer here for the details of making Koi Fish Jelly

祝大家在新的一年里健康辛福快乐！

note: My friend Sarah Jane is also selling the koi fish silicone mould @ www.siliconemoulds.com  Please check out for more.

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