

This is important because agar does not melt easily.ģ. Add 500cc water, little by little, and mix. Repeat until agar agar is dissolved in all the water. Then add a little more water and mix well. Slowly add a little water and mix until combined. Put 12g granulated sugar and 15g agar in a pot, and mix.Ģ. Cuisine: Japanese Ingredients 1.5 c water 1/4+1/8 tsp agar agar kinako kuromitsu Instructions In a pot (that is not heated), add in the agar agar powder. The dessert looks like it landed from the future and for anyone who wants to have a go at making their own at home - here’s a video recipe. It’s then served with different condiments like a sugar syrup or kinako - roasted soybean flour. Quickly reduce it to medium heat, and allow this to simmer for 1 minute and no more than that. The other ingredients for the water cake are super simple with just water and sugar needed to form the balls. Ingredients water + 1/16 tsp agar agar powder 1 strawberry 1 tbsp Maple syrup or as needed Instructions In a small pot, whisk together your water and agar agar powder well. Prepare your gelatin mixture in a separate bowl, stirring the gelatin mixture in with water and letting it sit. unflavored gelatin (if you cannot find agar) Non-stick spray DIRECTIONS 1. Kanten is a lot like agar as they’re both made from seaweed but kanten has a softer texture and mouthfeel than agar. RAINDROP CAKE INGREDIENTS 4 cups water 2 cups granulated sugar 1 tsp. ‘The cake itself is very mild and very much about the delicate texture that melts in your mouth. 4 salted cherry blossoms 1/2 tablespoon agar 1/2 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 cup mineral water Brown sugar syrup Soy bean powder Steps. Wong compares the flavor, unsurprisingly, to that of a raindrop. These lightly sweet jiggly desserts topped with brown sugar syrup and soybean powder define food as art. Water cake is available at two Kinseiken shops in the Yamanashi Prefecture which seem to have helped make the dessert famous - it’s not really fair to call it a cake as it’s more of a jelly usually formed with kanten - a natural gelling agent that’s made from tengusa - a red seaweed. Raindrop Cake© Tim Ireland The cakes are often served on small, wooden planks, and accompanied by a pool of syrup.

It’s referred to as Mizu Shingen Mochi and if it’s not eaten with half an hour it actually disappears leaving a small puddle of water. With people queueing to get their hands on one it’s basically Japan’s own cronut. You’re not ready for this, we’re not ready for it - honestly - it looks like something from the future when in fact it’s actually dessert known as Water Cake.
