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The Ultimate Grass Jelly Dessert Recipe Guide

Cool off with a nice and refreshing Asian herbal dessert that’s surprisingly easy and simple to make. Learn several different grass jelly dessert recipes that are smooth and creamy, sweet and natural using simple ingredients.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Chinese, Vietnamese
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • 1 Pot

Ingredients
  

Grass Jelly

  • 50 g Black Grass Jelly Powder (1 box)
  • 1 L Water

Sugar Syrup

  • 90 g Yellow Rock Sugar
  • 200 ml Water

Basil Seeds & Longan Grass Jelly Dessert

  • 1-2 Tablespoons Basil seeds
  • 1 Cup Filtered Water Enough filtered room temperature water to soak the basil seeds
  • Grass Jelly
  • Ice cubes
  • Sugar syrup Add as much or little as you like to suit your preference
  • 1 Can Longan
  • Filtered water Optional

Condensed milk and Evaporated milk Grass Jelly Dessert

  • 1-2 Teaspoons Condensed milk You can add more or less to suit your taste
  • 1-2 Teaspoons Evaporated milk You can add more or less to suit your taste
  • Grass Jelly
  • Ice or Shaved Ice Optional

Milk/Coconut Milk Grass Jelly Drink

  • 1 Cup Milk or Coconut milk
  • Grass Jelly
  • Ice
  • Sugar syrup Add as much or little as you like to suit your preference

Instructions
 

Making the Grass Jelly

  • Start by adding in your grass jelly powder to a pot along with the water.
  • Whisk everything well together and then let it sit and bloom for about 10 minutes.
  • Next, heat up the pot over medium heat while constantly stirring the mixture.
  • After a few minutes, you will notice that the grass jelly has become very lumpy. Continue whisking it, making sure to also scrape the bottom of the pot to prevent it from sticking to the pot.
  • After a few more minutes, the grass jelly will return back into a thick liquid form.
  • Once the pot starts to boil, turn off the stove, and pour out the grass jelly into a container. I recommend also using a strainer to pour out the grass jelly to remove any lumps, impurities, and bubbles from the grass jelly.
  • If you see any bubbles then use either a spoon or toothpick to pop or scoop out the bubbles, but make sure to work fast as the grass jelly will start to solidify quickly after being poured out.
  • Let the grass jelly rest at room temperature until it has solidified and cooled down for a bit and then cover the container and place the grass jelly in the fridge to fully solidify and cool down. Allow the grass jelly to cool in the fridge for at least 4 hours but ideally overnight before serving for the best results. When ready to serve, cut the grass jelly into small cubes.

Making the Sugar Syrup

  • In a small pot, add in your rock sugar and water and heat up the pot over medium heat. Occasionally stir the pot.
  • Continue boiling the water until the rock sugar has fully melted.
  • Once the rock sugar has fully melted, allow it to simmer for an additional 2-3 minutes before removing it from the stove. Likewise, if you want your syrup to be a little thicker, you can let it simmer for an additional 1-2 minutes before removing it from the stove.

Grass Jelly With Sugar Syrup

  • Scoop out some grass jelly cubes into a bowl or glass and then add some of the sugar syrup to the grass jelly. Mix well and serve

Grass Jelly with Basil Seeds and Longan

  • Add your basil seeds to a bowl and enough filtered water to submerge the basil seeds (approximately 1-1.5 cups of water) and then let the basil seeds soak in the water until the outsides of the basil seeds become translucent (approximately 15 minutes).
  • Once the basil seeds have become translucent, strain out the water.
  • Now in a large bowl, add in your grass jelly, along with the basil seeds, and all of the canned longan, along with the syrup from the canned longan.
  • Mix everything well together.
  • Scoop out the grass jelly dessert into either a small bowl or glass.
  • Add a few teaspoons of the sugar syrup to the bowl or glass, along with some ice cubes.
  • Mix well and serve while cold.
  • Optional: add some more filtered water to make it more runny

Grass Jelly Recipe With Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk

  • Scoop out some grass jelly into a small bowl or glass.
  • Add some condensed milk and evaporated milk to the grass jelly. Optionally you can add in some ice cubes or shaved ice as well.

Grass Jelly Drink With Coconut Milk/Milk Recipe

  • Add some grass jelly into a glass.
  • Add either some cold milk or chilled coconut milk to the glass.
  • Add in some of the sugar syrup to sweeten the drink to your preference.
  • Add in some ice cubes (optional) and serve the drink while cold.