Ondeh Ondeh Panna Cotta

 

Ingredients A

125ml cream

50ml coconut cream (I used Kara Brand)

1/2 tsp pandan emulco or 1 tbsp thick pandan water

1 tsp agar agar powder

30g sugar

a few drops of green colouring

Ingredients B

125ml cream

50ml coconut cream (I used Kara Brand) / or fresh milk

30g sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 tsp agar agar powder

Ingredients C

50g palm sugar/gula Melaka

1/4 cup water

1/4 tsp agar agar

Ingredients D

3 tbsp grated coconut

1 tbsp chopped brown sugar

4 tbsp water

pinch of salt

For Ingredients A

The bottom layer:

Heat cream with coconut milk in low fire. Mix in sugar and stir well. Add in green colouring and stir well. Separately, mix the agar agar powder with 2 tbsp of hot water until it dissolves. Then mix it into the cream mixture. You don't have to cook long the cream and coconut cream. About less than 10 mins as we do not want the cream to break apart. Then slowly pour into serving glasses half full. Leave to set in room temperature or in the fridge. 

Ingredients C

While the white part of the panna cotta is setting, let's do the sugar syrup

Cut the gula melaka into smaller pieces so that it is easier to melt. Heat water and gula melaka in low heat. Stir until the gula melaka dissolves. Separately, mix agar agar powder with 1 tbsp hot water and stir well. Mix into the gula melaka syrup. Once it slightly thickens, close fire. 

Now take out the glasses is were left in the fridge to set. Pour in 1 tbsp of gula melaka syrup. Leave to set slightly. It won't set like the other layers as I have lessened on the agar agar usage. I wanted the agar agar to be slightly watery. 

Ingredients B

The top layer:

Similarly like the green part, we follow the same procedure to make the white part. Gently simmer the cream, coconut cream, sugar and vanilla essence. Separately, mix the agar agar powder with 2 tbsp hot water and mix into the cream layer. Stir well until the agar agar is well mixed in the cream. 

Pour the white cream on the gula melaka layer until 3/4 full. Do the same until you finish the cream layer. Leave to set in the fridge for at least 3 hrs. 

Ingredients D

Heat water with gula melaka. Once the gula melaka dissolves, mix in grated coconut and salt. Stir well to mix. Cook until the dish is slightly dry. 

Decorate the panna cotta by placing 1/2 a tsp of grated coconut mixture in the centre. 

Note: I have used agar agar powder replacing gelatin as it is difficult for me to get vegetarian-based gelatin. If you can get them, then, by all means, use gelatin sheets. 

You just need to soak half a sheet in water and then squeeze out and beat nicely in the cream mixture after taking it out from the heat.