Is agar the same as agar-agar?!
Is agar the same as agar-agar?
Answers:
Yes, agar and agar-agar are the same thing. The word agar-agar is a Malay word and it means jelly. It is a natural gum derived from certain species of seaweed off the coast of India and Sri Lanka. The island of Sri Lanka used to be called Ceylon and you may also hear agar referred to as Ceylon agar.
This seaweed is harvested by members of the fishing community in India, particularly the women. When the finished product reaches you, it is packaged strips of washed and dried seaweed and sometimes in powdered form. Raw agar is white and semi-translucent.
As a vegan you would boil it in water at a concentration of about 0.7-1% w/v (e.g. a 7 gram packet of powder into 1 litre of water would be 0.7%) until it dissolves, after which sweeteners, flavouring, colouring, and pieces of fruit may be added. After it cools, it will gel up like jelly. This is how vegans make jelly and other vegan desserts.
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Agar-Agar is a jelly like substance that comes from sea weeds, it is used in cooking.
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