Agar Agar Strips Recipe Dessert Delight, With Variations

Agar Agar dessert recipes vegan option.

Easy and quick Agar Agar dessert recipes, including with coconut milk.

My favourite recipe Agar dessert recipe.

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Try an Agar Agar strips recipe dessert. So, check out these Agar Agar recipes. They’re easy options. Plus, it’s also an Agar Agar dessert recipes vegan option. I also show a coconut Agar Agar dessert recipe. All in all, here are the best, low sugar Agar dessert recipe options you’ll find. By the way, it’s also called Agar jelly dessert.

This recipe can also be done in a layers version, so as to get stripes or layers.

It also won’t melt, so it’s perfect for hot days, or picnics.

By the way, it can also be done with fruit juices, but they do make it higher in sugar.

The version I take you through below is a lower sugar version.

It’s also not elaborate, such as you may see in Asia. But, as I (Chris Lalor) said, my version is low sugar, easy, and quick.

As you’ll see, with this recipe for Agar Agar, you can add whatever degree of elaboration you want.

Over many years, given my love of sweets, it’s a recipe I’ve always enjoyed.

In addition, as I’ve steadily learnt more about the virtues of berries, I’ve realised it’s an excellent way to build them into your eating habits too.

Agar Agar strips recipe dessert options.

Delicious, low sugar, coconut Agar Agar dessert recipe, with blue berries, and strawberries. It’s also an Agar Agar dessert recipes vegan option.

Agar Agar strips recipe dessert, or cut into blocks

Below, you can see how the Agar Agar is set into a type of jelly.

Maybe it even looks a bit like the commercial jellies that your mother may have made. Mine certainly did.

But, I assure you, this Agar jelly dessert is a lot healthier, and lower sugar, than my mother ever made.

The Agar jelly dessert, like you see below, is sliced into strips, or blocks, and served.

Straight from the mold, before cutting to strips or blocks

The whole piece, before I sliced it for the Agar Agar strips recipe dessert servings. This red version is done just with water, instead of coconut milk. The recipe for both versions of this Agar jelly dessert are shown below.

Ingredients: Agar Agar strips recipe dessert

For this coconut agar agar, and any other version of it, it’s important to buy 100% pure Agar Agar powder.

(The powder is at both Asian stores, and many supermarkets).

Here are the Agar jelly dessert ingredients:

Agar Agar powder… 2 tablespoons.
a tin of coconut milk
one litre of water
half teaspoon of salt
coconut sugar… 100 grams
pandan flavouring… or vanilla essence (or pod)
fruit you choose to mix into the jelly, such as shown in the pictures.

Obviously, any type of Agar jelly dessert berries will work, as long as they’re firm enough to hold together in the jelly.

But kiwi fruit, or even a puree of mangoes, can also be used.

If you use mango, you will of course get a colourful, yellow version, or yellow layer. See more about layers in the tips at the end of this recipe.

Overall, it’s a great way to enjoy very healthy berry mixes, especially those like blueberry or blackberry.

You probably already know that these darker berries contain especially healthy ingredients.

Agar vegan style, cut into a block.

Blocks are also a good alternative to strips. This version of Agar jelly dessert maybe looks like a commercial jelly your mother made! Do whatever works with how you want to present it, and the amount of sugar, or fruit, you prefer.

Coconut agar agar dessert recipe

Here’s how to do the white jelly version with coconut milk (coconut agar agar).

In saucepan, add cold water, and the powder.
whisk it around to dissolve the powder.
heat the mix in the saucepan, while stirring
pour in half of coconut milk, and stir
bring it to boil, and keep stirring
add in rest of coconut milk, sugar, salt, and flavouring. Keep stirring.
test out sweetness, and adjust with more coconut sugar to taste
cook a few more minutes, continually stirring
see all Agar Agar is dissolved
remove from heat
poor mix into dish or jelly molds
skim off any bubbles so you have smooth surface
add berries of your choice, or kiwi fruit
leave to set in fridge
when set, tip out of mold, and cut into strips, slices, or blocks.

For the red Agar jelly dessert, use water instead of coconut milk.

Coconut Agar Agar dessert recipe

The version made with coconut milk. It’s another way to do an Agar jelly dessert.

Agar jelly dessert version (in red, without coconut milk)

Here are the main steps to make whatever version of this dessert you want.

In a saucepan, add cold water, and agar agar powder.
whisk it around to dissolve the powder.
heat the mix in the saucepan, while stirring
bring it to boil, and keep stirring
check complete dissolve
add in sugar, salt, and flavouring. Keep stirring
test out sweetness … adjust with more coconut sugar to taste
cook a few more minutes, continually stirring
see all agar agar is dissolved
remove from heat
poor half of mix into dish or jelly molds
add berries of your choice, or kiwi fruit… quickly
add rest of mix on top
skim off any bubbles from top
leave to set in fridge
when set, tip out of mold, and cut into strips, slices, or blocks.

Tips for your Agar jelly dessert

Here are some extra tips for either the coconut agar agar dessert recipe, or the other version of Agar jelly dessert I have shown.

You can use different cutters to get serrated effects.
The powder is the easiest to use, but you can get it from strips (and then dissolve).
It does not contain any gelatin. Instead, it’s made from seaweed, so it’s also an Agar Agar dessert recipes vegan option.
You can also puree fruit such as mango, and then use for different layers, as mentioned in the Introduction above.
If you are making layers, do not cool the layer. Just set it in room temperature, and the add the next layer. Otherwise, they won’t attach to each other.