How to Make Gelatin From Seaweed

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I was so stunned looking at the "berries and kiwi jelly agar-agar" photo at the tastespotting.com. It was so delicious, mouth watering and so classy. With combined creativity, imagination and dedication, me or you could start a gelatin home base business at any time by following the procedure below and good luck.  Also, I posted other photos of jelly agar-agar for some delicious inspiration from same site above.

Procedure in making gelatin from seaweed:

1. Wash the seaweeds very well, drain and dry (spread over a wire or bamboo screen for the purpose) for a week.
2. To remove the fishy odor and taste, soak and dry the seaweeds in fresh water for 5-10 minutes, and dry again in the sun until it becomes dirty yellow in color.
3. Bleach in one liter water with 1 tbsp. vinegar until it turns olive green in color.
4. Put again in the sun until it turns light brown.

How to extract agar:

1. Put 1 kilo dried seaweeds in 1 liter water with 1 tbsp. vinegar (or more effective, in 3 1/2 liter water) 80 ml. 0.1 N sulfuric acid (H2SO4).
2. Boil and constantly stir for 1 hour.
3. Strain in muslin cloth while hot.
4. Allow to cool in room temperature for 5 hours.
5. When it has hardened, slice into desired sizes.
6. Put in ice sprinkled with salt for 2-3 days, or in a freezer overnight.
7. Nextday, thaw the frozen seaweeds and allow to dry.
8. Put again in the sun until the desired is attained.
9. When it cools, it is then ready to cook or bring to market.

Source: PCARRD Monitor, Agust 1987; photos by tastespotting.com

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