Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking Time : 20 minutes + 3 hours setting time in the freezer
Serving : 6 – 8 members
Description
A dessert I came up with instantly to take over to a family gathering at my daughters place . My daughter kept reminding me about 2 dragon fruits in the refrigerator asking me to do something with it . The lazy bug in me when on a holiday just didn’t let me want to get into the kitchen . Finally with no other go had to do something with in four hours time as we were to start for the family get together on time . A pudding to set soon , the only cheats short cut option in mind was to use china grass / agar agar but dragon fruit alone would taste bland so pared it up tender coconut that was there at my daughters place . Started cutting the dragon fruit and with utter surprise found the dragon fruit to be a deep pink colour . My first time seeing a dragon fruit in this colour as usually we get only the white ones . Went ahead with my plan and the results were a vibrant coloured , awesome tasting pudding , Terribly simple to make and very impressive . Took it for the family get together and it was the talk of the event leaving a mark in every ones memory . As usual I clicked pictures to post and share with all of you . My gal also clicked a few pictures saying she is going to post it on face book in a foodie group ( Kovai foodies ) where there was a food photography contest going on . The excitement of the out come of the pudding over took the news about the food photography contest at that point of time and a forgotten story there after . In a weeks time my gal calls me and conveys the message saying she won the second prize in the food photography contest . I was over whelmed and proud as a mother and the creator of the dessert . That one moment of a genius spark that helped me invent this pudding took my gal places .
Ingredients
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Red dragon fruit | 2 big peeled and cubed |
| White dragon fruit | 2 big peeled and cubed |
| Tender coconut water | 5 cups |
| Tender coconut flesh | 3 tender coconuts ground to a smooth purée |
| Sugar | to taste |
| China grass / agar agar | 20 grams |
Method
- Soak 10 grams of china grass / agar agar in 3 cups of tender coconut water for ten minutes . Place it over medium flame and keep stirring until the china grass dissolves . Takes about ten minutes . Add sugar to taste . Remove from heat , strain and cool for 4-5 minutes .
- Place 3 cubes of white dragon fruit and 3 cubes of pink colour dragon fruit into individual pudding cups 3/4 way . Pour the cooled tender coconut water mixture over making sure the dragon fruit cubes are immersed into the tender coconut water mixture .
- Place in the freezer for 30 minutes to set . The first layer is done . For the second layer , soak the remaining 10 grams of china grass / agar agar in 2 cups of tender coconut for 10 minutes .
- Blitz the remaining red and white coloured ( I used only red coloured dragon fruits ) Dragon Fruits together making sure to keep the seeds whole but to get a coarse purée . Set aside .place the second batch of soaked tender coconut water and china grass / agar agar over medium flame .
- Keep stirring occasionally to dissolve the china grass / agar agar for ten minutes . Add sugar to taste . Remove from heat . Cool for five minutes .
- Mix together the puréed dragon fruit pulp with the ground tender coconut purée .mix the above mixed purée to the cooled second batch of tender coconut china grass / agar agar mixture gently making sure it’s not lumpy but smooth semi thick batter like . Check sweetness and add more sugar if needed .
- Pour over the set first layer of the pudding to one inch thick . Place in the freezer again to set for another 30 minutes .
- Remove from freezer and replace in the refrigerator until to be served .Serve chill garnished with two cubes of dragon fruit cubes and a spring of mint on top .
