Fruit jelly is one of the delicious and attractive types of jelly for sweet tooth enthusiasts. Today, let’s cook with TasteVN to explore 3 ways to make fruit jellies that are refreshing and nutritious, made entirely from natural ingredients!
1. Taiwanese-style fruit jelly with chewy taro
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Taiwanese-style fruit jelly with chewy taro Serves 4
Watermelon 1/2 fruit Ripe mango 2 fruits Winter melon 1/2 fruit Taro 200 gr Yellow sweet potato 200 gr Granulated sugar 40 gr Condensed milk 15 ml Tapioca flour 220 gr Coconut milk 150 ml
How to choose fresh and delicious ingredients
How to choose sweet winter melon
- You should choose fruits with dark skin, slight cracks, firm to the touch, and fresh green stems.
- Good winter melons will have a characteristic aroma, so select those with a strong and rich fragrance.
- Avoid buying melons with old, wilted stems and those without any fragrance, as these are not sweet when cooked.
How to choose delicious, non-fibrous taro
- Delicious taro will have a round, even shape, a rough skin, and a moderate size.
- You should choose taro that feels light when lifted, with many purple veins in the flesh and a skin that has many dimples.
- Avoid buying taro with a smooth skin or that feels heavy when lifted, as this taro is not tasty and will be fibrous when eaten.
How to choose sweet, sticky yellow sweet potatoes
- Sweet potatoes that are sticky and sweet will have a long or slightly round shape, with a layer of powder or dirt on the outside.
- You should choose sweet potatoes with a reddish-purple skin, and when cut, a sap will ooze out from the end.
- Avoid buying sweet potatoes that feel too hard or too soft when pressed, as these will not be sweet when eaten.
How to make Taiwanese-style sticky sweet potato fruit jelly
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Steam sweet potatoes
First, you need to peel the sweet potatoes and taro, cut them into bite-sized pieces, and place them in a steamer for about 20 – 30 minutes. After steaming, mash the sweet potatoes until smooth.
Then gradually add tapioca flour, granulated sugar, and water to the bowl with the sweet potatoes and knead until the mixture is sticky and smooth.
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Making chewy sweet potato balls
Roll the dough into long pieces and then use a knife to cut them into small bite-sized pieces.
Then, place a pot on the stove and boil the sweet potato balls until they become translucent and float to the surface, then remove them and place in a bowl containing clean water.
Add sugar, clean water, condensed milk, and coconut milk to the bowl and stir well to make the coconut milk mixture.
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Completion
Watermelon, winter melon, and mango should be diced and placed into a bowl along with the chewy tapioca balls, adding some ice to make the dessert refreshing.
Finally, drizzle the coconut milk mixture on top, and we have completed this dessert.
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Final product
Taiwanese-style fruit dessert is characterized by the fragrant chewiness of the tapioca combined with rich coconut milk, paired with sweet, refreshing fruits that bring a cool taste for summer.
2. Snow fungus fruit dessert with rock sugar
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for making Snow Mushroom Fruit Soup with Rock Sugar Serves 4
Watermelon 1 piece Ripe mango 1/2 fruit Green grapes 100 gr Dragon fruit 1/2 fruit Fresh peach 1 fruit Banana 1 fruit Snow mushroom 100 gr Rock sugar 100 gr
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose delicious crunchy peaches
- Good peaches will have a dark red outer skin with greenish-yellow interspersed, and feel firm when held.
- Choose peaches with an even layer of fuzz on the outside, with fresh stems, and no bruises around the fruit.
- Avoid buying peaches that feel soft and mushy when touched, and lack the light fragrant smell, as these are poor quality peaches.
How to choose ripe, soft bananas without chemicals
- Good bananas will have a moderate size, with evenly ripe stem, body, and bunch.
- Choose bananas with a thin outer skin, with a characteristic fragrant smell.
- Avoid buying bananas that feel soft and mushy or have green stems, as these are either overripe or of poor quality.
How to choose fresh dragon fruit
- Good dragon fruit will have a smooth, shiny outer skin, with uniform and vibrant colors.
- Choose large, round dragon fruit, with soft, tender stems and ears, and feel slightly elastic when pressed.
- Avoid buying dragon fruit that feels soft and mushy, with overly hard stems and rough skin, as these are not fresh.
How to choose fresh snow fungus
- Delicious snow fungus will have a light white, light yellow, or brownish-yellow color.
- Choose fungus that is firm and not torn.
- Avoid buying fungus that shows signs of mold or sour smell, as this indicates that the snow fungus is spoiled and no longer usable.
How to make Snow Fungus Mixed Fruit Dessert
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Cooking the dessert
You need to soak the snow fungus to expand, then chop it into small pieces. Prepare a pot of cold water, add a bit of rock sugar and boil over high heat until boiling.
Once the sugar is boiling, add the fungus and simmer for about 12 – 15 minutes.
Peel the peach and cut it into small pieces. Peel the banana, grapes, dragon fruit, and mango, then cut into small pieces. For the watermelon, use a knife to peel and then cut into diced pieces.
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Completion
Sequentially add grapes, bananas, watermelons, mangoes, peaches, and dragon fruit into the pot of cooled rock sugar water and snow fungus, stir well, and then scoop into a bowl to enjoy.
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Final Product
Fruit dessert with snow fungus and rock sugar has a subtle sweetness from the rock sugar, along with fresh and delicious fruit. This dessert is simple to make but very tasty.
3. Fruit Dessert with Coconut Milk
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Processing
35 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Fruit Dessert with Coconut Milk Serves 4
Mango 1 fruit Grapes 100 gr Kiwi 2 fruits Guava 1 fruit Pandan leaves 3 stalks Shredded coconut 50 gr Agar powder 10 gr Tapioca starch 200 gr Condensed milk 100 gr Coconut water 1.4 liters Coconut milk 100 ml Peanuts 50 gr (roasted) Sugar 250 gr Salt 1/4 tablespoon
How to choose fresh, delicious ingredients
How to choose delicious strawberries
- Delicious strawberries have a mild sweet aroma, bright red color, plump texture, and even color.
- You should choose strawberries with the green stem tightly attached to the fruit, with a bright green color.
- Avoid buying strawberries that have dark spots on the skin, yellowing skin, or fallen leaves because these are not fresh strawberries.
How to choose good quality kiwi
- Good kiwi will have a soft stem, be round and of moderate size.
- You should choose kiwi with a smooth skin, without scratches or cracks.
- Avoid buying kiwi that feels soft and mushy, bruised, or has a hard stem because these are low-quality kiwis.
How to choose crispy, delicious guava
- You should choose guavas that are slightly yellow-green, round and symmetrical in shape.
- Delicious guavas will have a slightly rough skin, with a wide-open belly, and dark green leaves.
- Avoid buying guavas that are too dark green, have withered stems, and feel light when held because these are soft, spongy guavas, not crispy.
How to make Coconut Milk Fruit Dessert
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Making Coconut Jelly
Put 250gr of sugar into a clean bowl, then add 10gr of agar powder and use a spoon to mix the ingredients well.
Place a pot on the stove, add the sugar and agar mixture. Next, add 1 liter of coconut water into the pot, stir well, and simmer on low heat for about 2 – 3 minutes.
After the mixture boils, turn off the heat, add 50gr of shredded coconut into the pot, then scoop the mixture into a tray and place it in the refrigerator to let it set into jelly.
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Making white tapioca pearls
Put 160g of tapioca flour into a bowl, then add 100ml of boiling water, and mix the two mixtures until the flour forms a smooth, pliable mass.
Then, knead the dough by hand for about 5 – 10 minutes, take a small amount of dough, roll it into a ball to create tapioca pearls.
Bring a pot of water to a boil on the stove, when the water is boiling, add all the tapioca pearls into the pot and boil until they expand.
Finally, remove the tapioca pearls and place them in a bowl of cold water, soak for 3 – 5 minutes.
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Making coconut milk for dessert
Put a pot on the stove, add 100ml of coconut milk and 100g of condensed milk into the pot.
Next, season with 1/4 tablespoon of salt, add the remaining 400ml of coconut water and 3 pandan leaves into the pot, stir well and simmer for 3 – 5 minutes on low heat.
After the mixture boils, remove the pandan leaves and add 40ml of tapioca flour water into the pot, stir evenly for about 1 minute then turn off the heat.
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Cut the fruits
You use a knife to cut guava, kiwi, grapes, strawberries, and mango into small bite-sized pieces, about 3 – 5 cm.
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Completion
After cooling the coconut jelly, take it out, cut it into small square pieces and put them into a glass. Next, add kiwi and white tapioca pearls in order.
Then, add the remaining fruits such as grapes, guava, mango, and strawberries into the glass. Drizzle a little coconut milk for the fruit salad and sprinkle some roasted peanuts on top, and you have completed the delicious fruit salad with coconut milk.
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Final Product
The coconut milk fruit jelly when completed will be extremely eye-catching, colorful, with a crunchy jelly texture, and the rich coconut milk combined with the refreshing, naturally sweet and sour flavors from the fruits will make you want to eat it continuously!
How to Choose Sweet and Refreshing Watermelons
- To choose a ripe, sweet, juicy watermelon, you need to select one with a small, withered stem and a yellow (or cream-colored) spot on the bottom.
- A sweet watermelon will have a round, firm, and shiny skin, with clear black stripes on its surface. When you press lightly on the skin, it should feel sturdy and not soft.
- Avoid buying watermelons that are misshapen, asymmetrical, or have a green stem, as these are immature and not sweet.
How to choose ripe, delicious mangoes
- Choose fruits that have a uniform yellow color, with the flesh of the mango located on a firm stem, not soft or wrinkled, and the stem slightly indented into the flesh.
- Good mangoes will have taut skin, a mild fragrant aroma, and will not be rough or have small dark purple spots.
- Do not choose mangoes that are too soft or too hard, with overly smooth skin or large dark spots, as these are low-quality mangoes.
How to choose fresh, delicious grapes
- Good grapes will have a smooth, shiny skin, firm and not bruised, with fresh green stems.
- Choose grapes that are of moderate size, with firm, solid flesh that does not feel soft when touched.
- Avoid buying grapes with rough skin, brownish-black stems, or wilted as these are old and not fresh.
Where to buy coconut milk?
- You can easily find ready-made coconut milk at markets, grocery stores, food shops, supermarkets near your home, or on reputable e-commerce websites.
- Additionally, you can buy coconut milk at the nearest TasteVN supermarket or more conveniently online at the website bachhoaxanh.com.
- Moreover, to ensure quality, you can also make coconut milk at home using dried coconut following the very simple instructions from TasteVN.
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With easily accessible ingredients and simple recipes, you can easily make 3 ways to prepare fruit pudding that is delicious and appealing for yourself and your loved ones in the family to enjoy together! Wish you success!
