Spaghetti and Shrimp in Wonton Wrap

I received Valentine's package from Honey today. Inside the box was a teddy bear, a bouquet of red roses with clear glass vase, a box of chocolate and a bath set. I love roses. They are beautiful and can lit up any room.
I am going to give honey a big musical card and a teddy bear. We both seems to be collecting teddy bears all these years.

So, for dinner tonight, I cooked spaghetti and shrimp in wonton wrap. It was a simple dinner but definitely was taking time to prep.

The first thing I did was to boil 7 cups water in a big pot.

Then I boil half a box of thin wheat spaghetti.

As Julia Child used to say, do not add oil in the spaghetti. It will not soak up the flavor from the spaghetti sauce.

Durian Dessert

Agar-agar Santan

Nothing is more refreshening and soothing than agar-agar (jelly) in the hot summer day.
This is a simple agar-agar.
Ingredients:
1 packet of agar-agar ( you can buy it from the asian store)
1 cup of brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 pandan leave (screwpine leave)
1 can of coconut milk ( I use Cocoa King brand)
Water
a pinch of salt.


Method:
Wash the agar-agar. My agar-agar has yellow coloring which I don't mind since I am mixing the agar-agar with brown sugar.
In a big pot, on high heat, add agar-agar and water until the water just cover the agar-agar. Add brown sugar, sugar, and pandan leave. Boil until all the agar-agar disolve. Lastly, add the coconut milk. Mix it well. Reduce the heat to medium. Before it bubble, turn off the heat. Use a fine strainer and pour the agar-agar into a square container 5 by 9 inches at least. Popped all the bubble at the surface. Let it cool on the counter. Then keep the agar-agar in the fridge before cutting.
The agar-agar in the picture above, I cut it using a metal serated knife designed as agar-agar cutter.

Agar-agar Kering Rainbow (Dried Rainbow jelly)

Ingredients:
1 packet of 50g agar-agar
1 packet of 400 grams rock sugar (gula batu)
1 cup powdered sugar
A dash of rose water
2 pandan leaves
8 cups water
Red, Green, and yellow food coloring

Method:
Soak agar-agar in water for few minutes. Toss dry. In a pot, boil agar-agar, water, powdered sugar, rock sugar and pandan leaves. Dash a bit of rose water. Strain agar-agar in 4 bawla and each bowl dash 4 drops of food coloring. The last bowl just leave it as it is. Let it cool at room temperature until it hardened. Using zig zag knife, cut the agar-agar(jelly) into 1 inch strip.

To make rainbow agar-agar, mix all the hard and cut agar-agar to heat in microwave at 350F degree for 10 minutes. Let it cool again. Then cut it into 1 inch strip. Let it caramelize. I am using the oven at "warm" temperature for about 20 minute. Let it air dry for several days.