Bonda-cotta | Coconut Panna-cotta And Coconut Jelly Duet

Bonda-cotta – a One Plate Please original! The Italians love their Panna-cotta and Mangaloreans love coconut in their cooking and enjoy refreshing tender coconut water to beat the summer heat. I decided to blend the two elements to form this rich and creamy dessert duet made up of a silky texture. This dessert comprises of a layer of coconut milk panna-cotta gelled into a layer of coconut water jelly! “Bonda” is the Tulu word for Tender coconut and hence I’ve named this dessert Bonda-cotta.

How to make Bonda-cotta

The process is the same old simple process of making panna-cotta and jelly. But since we are effectively cooking two dishes, the cooking and setting time almost doubles. Nevertheless, it’s totally worth the extra time and effort.

Although in this recipe, I make the panna-cotta first in order to make it the top layer, you can always interchange it if you want. The rest of the process remains the same. Do remember that the first layer needs to be set satisfactorily well before pouring the next layer, in order to achieve a clean seaparation of the layers. Try out this recipe. I’m sure you will love it!

Bonda-cotta

Jason Alfred Castelino @ www.oneplateplease.com

A duet of Coconut milk Panna-cotta and Coconut water Jelly

5 from 3 votes

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Setting Time 5 hours hrs

Course Dessert

Cuisine International, Italian, Mangalorean, World Cuisine

Servings 12 people

Ingredients

  

For the Coconut-Milk Panna-cotta:

• 3 Gelatin leaves
• ¼ Cup Cold Water
• 500 ml Coconut Milk, Thick (full fat)
• 75 gms Sugar, granulated
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

For the Coconut-Water Jelly:

• 3 Gelatin leaves
• ¼ Cup Cold Water
• 500 ml Tender coconut water
• 75 gms Sugar, granulated

Additional Ingredients:

• Coconut oil (for greasing the moulds)
• Fresh coconut shavings (optional) (for garnishing)

Instructions

 

Making the Coconut-Milk Panna-cotta:

• Place the gelatin leaves in the cold water and let them bloom
• Meanwhile in a saucepan, mix together the coconut milk and sugar and simmer. Do not let it boil
• Take it off the heat and add the vanilla extract
• Squeeze the excess water out from the bloomed gelatin sheets and add it to the cooked coconut milk and whisk until the gelatin is completely dissolved
• Strain the liquid to remove traces of any undissolved gelatin
• Grease the moulds with coconut oil
• Pour into moulds, till a little less than half of the mould. Sit the moulds on the kitchen top until the mixture comes to room temperature
• Refrigerate for atleast an hour

Making the Coconut-Water Jelly:

• Place the gelatin leaves in the cold water and let them bloom
• Meanwhile in a saucepan, mix together the coconut water and sugar and simmer. Do not let it boil
• Take it off the heat
• Squeeze the excess water out from the bloomed gelatin sheets and add it to the cooked coconut water and whisk until the gelatin is completely dissolved
• Strain the liquid to remove traces of any undissolved gelatin
• Sit the mixture on the kitchen top until the mixture comes to room temperature

Making the Bonda-cotta:

• Once the coconut water mixture has sufficiently cooled and before it begins to set, remove the panna-cotta moulds from the fridge and top them with the coconut water mixture until they are about 80% full
• Put them back into the fridge for atleast a couple of hours or until well set

Un-moulding and Serving:

• Once the dessert is completely set, take out the moulds from the refrigerator and using your fingers, gently pullback the dessert away from the walls of the mould
• Place the moulds in warm water to loosen the dessert
• Carfully invert onto a serving plate. Garnish with coconut shavings
• Enjoy this rich, creamy dessert!

Notes

• Use thick coconut milk only. Preferably fresh but canned will do. Avoid canned milk in which the cream separates. Do this to ensure the panna-cotta is homogeneous
• Before adding the gelatin, check the taste and adjust the sugar if needed
• To speed up the setting process of the panna-cotta, keep the fridge on the coldest setting
• The final setting time mentioned is a bare-minimum time requirement. For best results, allow it to set overnight.

Keyword Coconut jelly, Coconut milk Pannacotta, Coconut pannacotta, Coconut water jelly

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