Mango Coconut Milk Pudding

Many bloggers would be aware of this awesome group of bloggers, coordinated by Srivalli, that runs the Blogging Marathon month after month. I have always been wanting to join them, but was not sure how much I could keep up with them, since I cook more on my whims rather than by following a theme. Ever since the beginning of the year, I have been looking to get back my blogging mojo and nothing better than doing a trial to see how I fare in this lovely event!

The Blogging Marathon is now in its edition #74 this month. That’s quite a long time, isn’t it? 🙂 From the themes for the month, I decided to choose “Are you Pudding me?” for these three days. Pudding – something that I love, isn’t it? 🙂 And I didn’t have much difficulty finalizing what I should be sharing over the next three days. 😉 Let’s go on with the first one…

This recipe was supposed to be a layered dessert, called “Woon Mamuang”, which is a famous Thai dessert that looks like a layered jelly, with mango at the bottom and coconut milk at the top. But it didn’t go the way I had actually planned it to be. As I rested the mango dessert and poured the coconut milk layer on top, it pushed itself though the mango layer and made a marble effect. Initially I was very disappointed that it didn’t turn out to be the way I wanted it to look like. Still, I went ahead and clicked it, for food photography practice. 😉

After lunch, the dessert was served and Azza, who loves fruity dessert, was like, “Ummi, this is so yummy!” I was a little taken aback at first, but when I had my first spoonful, I agreed to what she had said. The interconnecting sweet and tangy layers literally created a dance in my mouth. I was so glad that my little mishap turned into an amazing dessert. As mentioned in the recipe, I have used string agar agar, which I pulsed in my blender jar till it turned into bite pieces and used it accordingly. Off to the recipe…

Mango Coconut Milk Pudding

Course Dessert

Cuisine South Asian

Prep Time 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time 2 hours hours

Total Time 2 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Author Rafeeda

Ingredients

• FOR MANGO BASE:
• 1 cup mango pulp
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 1/4 cup water
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 4 heaped tbsp powdered agar agar strands
• FOR COCONUT MILK BASE:
• 2/3 cup water
• 2 heaped tbsp powdered agar agar strands
• 2/3 cup coconut millk
• 1 tbsp sugar
• A pinch of salt

Instructions

• For making the mango base, heat water and agar agar and cook till melted. Add in other ingredients and cook till the mixture comes to a boil.
• Pour the mixture into 6 bowls. Allow it to come to room temperature.
• While the mango base cools, let's make the coconut milk base. Heat water and agar agar till it melts. Add the coconut milk and remaining ingredients and cook till heated.
• Divide equally into the six bowls. It will cause a marble effect.
• Once it comes to room temperature, keep in the fridge to cool completely.

Notes

I powdered string agar agar and measured in a spoon. If you are using powder, the consistency of pudding will vary.

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing this BM#74