How to use agar agar

The strong thickening agent, agar agar is used for making jellies and vegetarian deserts. This thickener in cooking is used generally when the food needs to withstand warm temperatures without melting. Agar agar is also a natural food thickener as it comes from cows and pigs but for the same reason many people do not prefer it in cooking vegetarian dishes. However, gelatin is an inexpensive thickener used for fruit-flavored deserts including ice creams.
One then adds thickeners, flavouring, colouring, fruit or vegetables, and pours the liquid into molds to be served as desserts and vegetable aspics.Agar-agar is approximately 80% fiber, so it can serve as an intestinal regulator. Its bulk quality is behind one of the latest fad diets in Asia, the kanten diet. Once ingested, kanten triples in size and absorbs water.
Jackfruit JellyIngredients:
2 packets agar agar powder
400g sugar
2 tsp yellow colouring
200ml evaporated milk
2500ml water
500g  jackfruit
Method:1.  Blend jackfruit with 1000ml water and set aside.
2.  Boil 1500ml water with the  agar agar powder and sugar till agar agar powder and sugar dissolves.
3.  Add in the jackfruit puree and stir well till mixture boils.  Add in the evaporated milk and yellow colouring.
4.  Pour into rinsed jelly mould and leave to set.  Chill before serving.
What are food additives? Basically, food additives are substances, such as coloring agents, preservatives, and flavor enhancers that ar added to your food. Typically these harmful food additives are non in the eye of the interested authorities, because they do non appear to have any severe reactions on many consumers.

Other thickeners: Pectin         Sodium Alginate          Xanthan Gum