Watermelon Jelly

by Navya 37 in Cooking > Dessert

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Watermelon Jelly

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_ I love water melon and tried this water melon delight without any agar agar or gelatin.
_ kids will surely love this jelly and it just melts in our mouth. Here iam using a simple available ingredient cornflour as thickener.
_ coating jelly slices with dessicated coconut gives nice flavour and taste to the jelly.

Supplies

Ingredients:
_ Sliced deseeded water melon
_ 1/4 cup of corn flour
_ 1/4 cup of water
_ Half cup of sugar
_ Red food colour
_ Dessicated coconut
_ plastic cups

Slice Water Melon

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_ Take watermelon and remove seeds. Slice them in to pieces.

Blend in to Juice

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_ Transfer sliced water melon pieces in to blender and blend to juice without adding any water
_ We need to make 2 cups of juice.

Add Sugar

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_ Add about half cup of sugar and give a mix.

Boil the Watermelon Juice

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_ Transfer the watermelon juice in to a vessel and heat it.
_ Add red food color and give a mix.

Make Corn Flour Paste

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_ Take 1/4 cup corn flour and add 1/4 cup water to it and make a paste.

Add Corn Flour Paste

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_ Add prepared corn flour paste to boiled water melon juice and keep mixing.
_ I have taken almost 1/4 cup corn flour and added in 1/4 cup water. After adding corn flour if mixture is little liquidy add little more and make consistency thick.
_ cook till mixture starts thickening.

Cool and Transfer to Plastic Cups

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_ Once mixture starts thickening. Switch off the stove and cool for 5 minutes.
_ Transfer in to plastic cups and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Demould Them

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_ once it is set remove cups from refrigerator and demould it. Slowly invert the cup and tap it. You will get a jelly block.

Slice Them

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_ Slice water melon jelly in to small circles

Coat With Dessicated Coconut

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_ Coat the slices with the dessicated coconut in both sides.
_ Dessicated coconut gives very nice taste and flavour to the watermelon delight.

Garnish With Mint Leaf

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_ Finally garnish with mint leaf and serve the delight.