Our sweet of the week is mitsumame, a Japanese dessert featuring agar (kanten) jelly. You’ll find its silky texture and mild sweetness delights your taste buds. We used caster sugar to make its ...

This week’s water-based agar jelly is a dessert that make the most of Kumamoto’s clear water. It is composed of “iced persimmon” made by freezing sweet persimmon that has fully ripened on ...

Despite its elegant appearance, coffee jelly is surprisingly simple to make ... be found in Japanese specialty stores or online as Japanese agar powder. Can't find it? No worries, you can ...

Read more: The 20 Best Olive Oils For Cooking The discovery of agar was a rumored 17th-century mistake involving a discarded ...

Shipped off to Japan it sold for more per kilogram than ... Having said that, I love the texture of a an icy cold lychee agar jelly served with coconut cream and diced mango.