Can someone please help me on this?!
Can someone please help me on this?
I want to use a sub for gelatine but I don't know what else to use? I know there is agar agar and others but what is the ratio?
thanks
Answers:
Agar is super cheap to find in Asian markets. I never get it at health food stores because they jack up the price. It's only like 10-cents at the Asian store, but at the health food store it's $5 or more; usually much more.
If you are trying to make something like Jello,
try konyaku. It's just like Jello, but better.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/konnyaku...
This is one thing that I came up with.
Agar - (know as agar-agar and kanten depending on the source) is a vegetarian gelatin. It's a whitish color, and comes in either sticks, flakes, granules or powder, usually in a little packet. Most health food stores seem to carry it in with the Japanese foodstuffs, or along with the more familiar seaweeds (dulse, kalp, wakame, etc.).
For a gelatin dessert, you use two tablespoons of flaked agar to 3.5 cups of liquid. The granulated form is twice as strong as the flaked; the powdered is three times as strong. Play around with the concentrations to get the right 'wiggliness' for you, since too much produces some real textures.
I'm not sure what you are after. If you are looking for a thickening agent, corn startch is the best. I'd say the ration is 1/4 cup starts to 2 cups water (maybe even more water).
agar is wonderful! It gels very quickly. The ration will vary depending on what brand and style you use. I use NOW brand, and the ratio is 1 tsp per cup of liquid. I mix it with black cherry juice, and it gels within minutes. Yummy. Directions should be on whatever packet or bottle of it you try.