COCONUT RED BEAN PUDDING
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: chinese
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • ⅓ cup Chinese red beans
  • 2-3 cups water
  • 4 tbsp sugar(for the red beans)
  • pinch of salt
  • 450 ml 2% milk
  • 450 ml thick coconut milk
  • ¼ cup white sugar(for the pudding)
  • 25 gms coconut agar-agar or plain agar- agar/or 10 gm plain gelatin
Instructions
  1. Wash the red beans in hot water and soak overnight or at least for 6 hours.
  2. Cook the red beans in a pot with 2-3 cups of water for about 15-20 minutes. Turn off the heat and let sit. It should not get too mushy. Drain the water, add 4 tbsp of sugar, pinch of salt and cook again for another 5 minutes and cool.
  3. In a heavy bottomed pan, add the milk, sugar and agar agar powder. Mix very well and simmer. The mixture will slowly thicken. Make sure to keep whisking so that the bottom doesn't scorch. After about 5 minutes, add the coconut milk. Mix well, cook for about 5 minutes, until the agar agar dissolves completely and the mixture thickens, again continuously stirring.
  4. Take a rectangular pan or any pan of your choice. I used a 9 inch by 4 inch. Spray a non stick spray. Add ¼ cup of the cooked beans. Add ½ cup of the coconut milk mix on top of the beans and let set in the freezer for 5 minutes. Then pour the rest of the mixture on top. Leave it on the counter top to get to room temperature. Then cover and leave it inside the refrigerator covered for up to 3-4 hours. When you un mold it, slowly run a sharp knife along the sides and it will slide out easily. SERVE cold.
Notes
Make sure to cook the mixture on very low heat.
You can use 10 gm cornstarch and 10 gm agar agar if you'd like. There's a lot of different flavors of agar agar. Make sure it is plain or coconut flavored.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2015/02/17/coconut-red-bean-pudding/