How to Make Eye-Catching, Delicious Corn Milk Jelly Mooncakes with Pandan Leaves

How to make Moon Cake with Corn Milk and Pandan Leaves

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  Prepare the ingredients

  First, remove the husks and silk from the corn, wash it thoroughly, and then use a knife to cut off the corn kernels.

  For the pandan leaves, trim the ends, wash them thoroughly, and cut into small pieces about the length of one finger joint.

  

  
• 2

  Making corn milk

  After cutting, you put all the corn and 200ml of water into the blender and blend for 1 minute until smooth.

  Next, you strain the corn water through a sieve to remove the corn residue and obtain the corn milk.

  Then, you put the corn residue back into the blender for a second blend, adding 220ml of unsweetened fresh milk to blend together, blending for about 1.5 minutes until both are well combined, then continue to strain the corn milk through a sieve, discarding the residue.

  Once completed, you add about 80ml of unsweetened fresh milk into the corn milk pot, stirring gently to blend the milk into the previously mixed corn water.

  

  

  

  
• 3

  Making pandan leaf extract

  You put the pandan leaves into the blender with 70ml of hot water at about 70 – 80 degrees Celsius, blending until very fine.

  Then, pour the pandan leaf water through a sieve and discard the pandan leaf residue.

  

  
• 4

  Cooking Corn Milk Agar Water

  Divide 200g of granulated sugar into 2 different bowls, each containing about 100g of sugar. In each bowl, add 5g of agar powder and mix well.

  First, place the corn milk pot on the stove, adjust to medium heat, and stir continuously while heating. After about 5 minutes, the corn milk will start to heat up; slowly pour the sugar and agar mixture into the pot while stirring to ensure it completely dissolves into the corn milk.

  Next, add 50ml of condensed milk and stir until the mixture starts to boil slightly, then turn off the heat.

  

  

  

  
• 5

  Cooking Pandan Leaf Agar Water

  To make pandan leaf agar water, first place a pot on the stove, add 500ml of water, and bring it to a boil.

  Once the water is boiling, gradually add the remaining sugar and agar mixture, stirring well to prevent lumps. When the agar water boils, turn off the heat.

  Next, transfer the agar water to a bowl, mix it with pandan leaf extract to create the pandan leaf agar mixture.

  

  

  

  
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  Pouring into molds

  First, pour the corn milk jelly into the mold first, depending on the size of your mold, you can pour a thin layer.

  After about 5 minutes, when this layer of corn milk jelly has slightly set, continue to add the pandan jelly mixture.

  Wait another 5 minutes, then pour another layer of corn milk jelly, wait an additional 5 minutes, and then pour a final layer of pandan jelly to complete this jelly pouring step.

  After finishing, wait for the jelly to cool down a bit, then place it in the fridge for about 4 – 5 hours, and then you can enjoy it!

  

  

  

  
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  Final Product

  The mooncake with corn milk and pandan leaves after completion does not separate, the layers of different colors are very beautiful along with the distinctive aroma of corn and pandan leaves that are incredibly appealing.

  When enjoying, the soft corn milk jelly, slightly sweet and a bit fatty, combined with the mildly sweet pandan jelly is extremely enticing and will definitely delight your family.