Name of beverage: Agar Agar Drink with Longan

Ingredients:

750ml water
200g sugar
13g packet agar agar powder
Red and green food colouring
100g dried longans
8 cups water
200g rock sugar
4 pandan leaves tied into a knot
fresh longans to garnish

Methods:

1) Bring water and sugar to a boil. Add agar agar powder and stir till dissolved.

2) Divide into 2 portions and add different food colouring  to each. Stir to mix. Pour into a
tray and leave it to set.

3) Use a grater to slice the agar agar into strips. Keep chilled.

4) Boil dried longans, water , rock sugar and pandan leaves together for about 15 minutes. 
Discard pandan leaves. Pour longan water into a pan and chill.

5) To serve, put a few tablespoons of agar agar strips into a tall glass. Top with chilled longan water. Add fresh longans to garnish.

(Serves 6)

Recipe courtesy of The Singapore Women's Weekly (December 2001 issue)