Friday, January 21, 2011

Agar-Agar Pisang (Banana Jelly)

1 pkt. lemon jelly.
3 or 4 large bananas.
2 cups hot water.
1 tablespoon castor sugar.

Method: Dissolve jelly in hot water. Mash the bananas finely with a fork, adding sugar. When jelly is nearly cool, stir in the bananas and whisk thoroughly. Pour into wet mould and set.

Source: Azhar Ilias Abbas Recipes of the Orient Selected From Easily Obtainable Ingredients (Adelaide: Rigby, 1962), p.58.
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