Easy! Kanten Jelly

Name: Easy! Kanten Jelly
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 to 5 grams Powdered kanten; 200 ml Water; 500 ml 100% fruit juice

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Constipation during pregnancy was an issue for me, so a friend of mine who is a dietitian suggested I try eating food with agar agar in it. That's why I started to make this jelly, and continue to eat it even now. When I started, I ate two cups a day--one in the morning, one at night--and had 1 bowel movement every 5 days, but now I have one every one to two days. My child also likes this jelly, and since it's inexpensive to make, I find it a very handy recipe.

Be sure to heat agar agar for at least 3 minutes! In order to benefit from the active ingredient of agar agar (i.e. alleviate constipation), this point is essential. (Or at least that is what my friend, who is a dietitian, told me.) The amount of water in the recipe for jelly on the package of the agar agar is very minimal, and results in a firm jelly, so I adjusted the amount of water to make it more soft-set. Recipe by Nikonikoniko

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Ingredients

10 servings

3to 5 grams Powdered kanten
200 mlWater
500 ml100% fruit juice

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Steps

1

Heat a pan of water, add powdered kanten and dissolve. Simmer over low heat for at least 3 minutes until the kanten has completely dissolved.
2

While the kanten is simmering, rinse the dessert cups with water.This step will prevent the jelly from sticking to the cup when you eat it.
3

Stir in the juice, a little at a time. If you add it all at once, the kanten will set in the pan. I slightly raise the heat at this time.
4

Pour the jelly mixture into the rinsed cups, let sit until they cool down, chill in the refrigerator, then serve.