The idea of making this came from Gina Choong. She has a blog Taste of Time and a baking supply store in Singapore. Go visit her and her store if you are in Singapore, she is pretty popular! Do visit her blog for more information. I have known her before I started this blog in her Kitchen Capers forum, so back in 2004? Wow, we go way back and we haven't even met once. I hope I will get to meet her at her store when I am in Singapore in the future. I will make an effort to go see her and surprise her! :) Actually one of the members in her forum encouraged me to write a food blog and see where I am today? Without her persistent, I won't even know what is blogging back then. Thank you!
I saw a picture of this at Gina's FB (well different mold but basically the same thing) and thought it would make such a great Chinese New Year dessert! I had never tried using Chinese tea in making konnyaku jelly before hence the kick was there (I love to challenge myself in new thing) and that was all the motivation I needed. I chose this pineapple mold because pineapple "Ong lai" means prosperity in Chinese. Jujube (red date) means wealth, prosperity and fertility (I don't need this, haha) and longan (龙眼, dragon eye) means many good son (well for the married couples who want a son). For Chinese, we have an old tale that if you are pregnant and someone older in your family dream of a dragon, you are highly carrying a son.
Ingredients:
- 1000ml red dates & dried longans tea
- 10gm konnyaku jelly powder
Method:
Arrange some longans into the mold. Mix konnyaku jelly powder into the red dates and longan tea, whisk well until it dissolved. Heat the mixture until almost boiling while continue whisking. Take it off the heat and pour into prepared molds with longans (since I don't eat red date, I omitted it). Let it cool slightly before refrigeration. Refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving.
Red Dates and Dried Longan Tea:
In a slow cooker, add in 4 little of filtered water. Add in about 30 dried longans and 25 dried red dates. Turn it to low and let it cook overnight. The next morning, season to taste with Chinese rock sugar. Turn to warm if you want to drink it throughout the day warm. Or turn it off and when cool, pour into a glass jar and keep in the refrigerator. You can enjoy this tea for a few days if keep in the refrigerator.
8 comments:
that looks gorgeous! and a plus that it's actually pretty healthy because of the red dates and is a refreshing treat afer all those cny snacks!
What a great and fruitful (literally) treat for the new year!
Ching..so clever..! yeah, come to think of it, you are one of the first few pioneer members at KC Forum. Thank you for your post. Actually you can use konnyaku jelly powder with any sweet dessert that you like. Look at my Golden kumquat jelly which I made yesterday. Try doing honey chrysanthemum tea with it. I am making that for reunion dinner this Sunday.
ohhhhhhhhhh my god..sooo yumy :)
The jelly is so pretty.
Thanks for sharing such a refreshing and auspicious dessert for CNY!
sound healthy and good. Wishing you a Happy Lunar New Year, Gong Xi Gong Xi!
Xin Nian Kuai Le from my family to yours... May the year of the dragon bring you much happiness, prosperity and good health!
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