We bought some Red Dragon Fruits when we visited the Dragon Fruits Farm at Tanjung Sepat the other day. Besides eating it fresh you can even make dessert like Jelly, mooncakes and cakes out of it. Dragon Fruits is also known as Pittaya is commonly found in SEA especially Vietnam and Malaysia.
It is actually the fruit from a cactus plant and it has a bright red skin. There are two varieties of it. There is the white flesh variety and the other being the red flesh variety. .Both comes with tiny edible seeds like the kiwis. I made some jelly with the leftovers dragon fruits. The weather here in KL is so warm and humid and it is such a nice treat digging into these little refreshing jellies.
Ingredients:12 grams agar-agar powder (a packet)
100 gram sugar (more if you like it sweeter)
600 ml water
200 ml coconut milk
1 cup of dragon fruit puree (the red variety)
3 pieces pandan leaves
1. Put the water, agar agar powder and pandan leaves in a pot and bring it up to a boil. Cook until the agar agar powder dissolved.2. Lower down the heat and add in the coconut milk, sugar and dragon fruit puree. Bring it up to boil and turn off the heat. Taste and see if you like the sweetness. Add more sugar if you like it sweeter. Remove the pandan leaves.
3. Pour the mixture in a baking tray or mould of your choice. Chilled until firm before serving.
Note: Do take care when you handle the fruits as the red colored flesh will stain your clothing and hand.
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