LEMON GRASS LYCHEE JELLY...

LEMON GRASS LYCHEE JELLY

adapted from :    anncoojournal.com

Ingredients :

1  canned Lychee  ~  reserved lychee syrup  (I use canned Longan)

120  gm  caster sugar

1  packet  Konnyaku powder

2-3  stalks  lemon grass

3  tbsp  lime juice

Directions :

1.  Remove the outer part of lemon grass, clean and bruise the white part with a knife.

2.  Drain lychees through a sieve, reserving syrup and top up with water to 950 ml.

3.  Pour lychee syrup (950 ml) into a pot, followed by Konnyaku powder and sugar.  Turn on heat and stir liquid till sugar dissolved with a hand whisk.  Drop in lemon grass and keep stirring liquid until boil, at medium heat, OFF heat and continue to stir liquid for another 2-3 minutes.

4.  Discard lemon grass.  Add a small drop of rose pink colouring and lime juice into it, stir well again.

5.  Drop one or two pieces of lychee into mould, then pour liquid mixture into it.  Leave jelly to cool and set in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or when ready to serve.

Enjoy !!!