This fairly easy Tricolour Jellos recipe by Chef Merajuddin Ansari, executive chef, Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai, will be the yummiest point of your I-Day celebration.
Photograph: Kind courtesy Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai
Tricolour Jellos
Serves: 3-4
Ingredients
For the green layer
- 1 cup water
- 1½ tsp gelatine or a gelatine substitute for vegetarians like agar-agar (please see note below)
- 2 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp green food essence either pista or kiwi flavour
- 4-5 drops green food colour
For the white layer
- 1 cup regular milk or coconut milk
- 1½ tsp gelatine or a gelatine substitute for vegetarians like agar-agar
- 2 tbsp sugar
For the orange layer
- 1 cup water
- 1½ tsp gelatine or a gelatine substitute for vegetarians like agar-agar
- 2 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp orange food essence, either mango or orange flavour
- 4-5 drops orange food colour
To serve
- Whipped cream
- Few slices chocolate cake, crumbled
- Few slices vanilla cake
- Pre-set 3-inch chocolate sphere, cut into half, optional
- Cherries, to garnish
- Mint leaves for garnish
- 3-4 glasses or glass bowls
Method
- In a heavy-bottomed saucepan mix 1 cup water, the gelatine/agar-agar and mix well.
Warm over low heat till it starts to boil.
Stir continuously.
After gelatine/agar-agar dissolves completely, add the sugar.
Stir until the sugar dissolves and take off heat.
Add 4-5 drops of the green food colour and the green food essence.
Mix well and pour 2-3 tbsp of the mixture in each glass bowl.
Keep aside for 30 minutes to set.
- For the white layer repeat the same process without adding the food essence or the colour.
- For the orange layer repeat the same process but add the orange food essence and the colour.
- Once all the three layers have been added to the glasses, store in refrigerator for 30 minutes or more until it sets and chills.
- Turn the layered jellies out onto a large plate just before serving.
Serve with a scoop of whipped cream on top.
Place half the chocolate sphere, domed side down, on the cream and fill the dome with a few pieces of both sliced cakes, 1-2 cherries (please see pic above).
Garnish with the mint leaves and scatter the chocolate and vanilla cake crumbs on the plate before serving.
Note: Each gm or tsp of gelatine can be substituted for an equivalent amount of agar agar -- substitution is in a 1:1 ratio.
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