Orange Jelly
Orange Jelly is a gooey, gummy wonder made by crystallizing orange juice mid-way using agar agar in carved orange skin & left undisturbed for an hour. Orange Jelly made at home is a healthy delight for kids and can be used for desserts, puddings & cakes.
Servings12 Jellies
Ingredients
- 3 medium sized orange
or
- 1 cup orange juice ~250ml
- 5 gms agar agar / china grass strips
- few drops orange essence
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- Take fresh juicy oranges, rinse it well. Cut each into half and extract juice. Measure and set aside.
- Now scrap out the fiber part in each orange half and discard the fiber part.
- Now take the orange cups alone. Fit them inside a muffin pan and keep it ready.
- Now to the extracted orange juice, add orange food color.
- Then add sugar and orange essence. Set aside.
- Take sauce pan take agar agar rinse it once.
- Then add 1/2 cup water to it. Boil it.
- Cook until you see a clear liquid without any strips.
- Now act quickly & add the orange juice.
- Pour it into the orange cups.
- Leave it undisturbed for 30mins.If you touch and see it will be firm that's the right stage.
- No need to keep in fridge it will set well in room temperature itself.
- Once set you can leave it in the fridge until serving time.
- Serve Orange Jelly chilled!
Notes
- Agar Agar sets beautifully in room temperature itself. But if you want you can refrigerate it.
- You can even set it in individual cups and serve it as such.
- I used Nilgiris brand china grass.
- Adjust sugar according to the orange sweetness.
- Make sure agar agar is dissolved completely.
- Be quick after agar agar mixture is poured, whisk it well then immediately pour to set it.
- If you feel agar agar has impurities then strain and add orange juice. I didn’t have need here so didn’t strain.
- You can use any flavour following this method. You can even add fruit purees.
- You can eat it as such or use it in any desserts, custard based puddings or cakes. mittu loved to have it as such.
Nutrition Facts
Orange Jelly
Amount Per Serving (40 g)
Calories 44
Calories from Fat 1
% Daily Value*
Fat 0.1g0%
Saturated Fat 0.01g0%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.02g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.01g
Sodium 2mg0%
Potassium 112mg3%
Carbohydrates 11g4%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 115IU2%
Vitamin C 28mg34%
Calcium 22mg2%
Iron 0.3mg2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Tried this recipe?Mention @sharmispassions or tag #sharmispassions
Like our video?Subscribe to our youtube channel to get latest updates!