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Tahwa

tahua

Ingredients

  • 400 ml homemade soymilk
  • 1.5 gram plain agar-agar powder for soft tahwa pudding texture, or 3 g for firmer pudding texture, which I prefer most of the time
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence optional
  • 1 screwpine leaf knotted (optional)

Syrup

  • 1 L water
  • 2 tbsp coconut palm sugar and 5 tbsp sugar
  • 1 lemongrass bruised
  • 65 g skinned ginger bruised or sliced
  • 1 screwpine leaf knotted

Instructions

  • bring syrup ingredients to boil, let simmer for 15 minutes, strain
  • mix pudding ingredients in a pot, bring to boil, let cool to room temperature then chill to set
  • scoop some pudding into serving bowl, serve with the syrup