Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Homemade Chendol Ice-cream!


Creamy chendol ice-cream, originally uploaded by Camemberu.

Gorgeous pictures on Amandalwh's blog inspired me to concoct my own ice-cream. No ice cream maker required! After a successful trial batch on plain vanilla, I decided to try a flavour I really like. Chendol! Well, technically, this should be called Gula Melaka-Coconut ice cream, since it contains none of the green noodle strips called chendol (which are a bit pointless to freeze since they become hard fiddly bits). But oh, who cares what it's called when one slurp makes you forget everything else in the world.

INGREDIENTS (give or take):
6 egg yolks
120g gula melaka/palm sugar, chopped finely
250ml thick coconut milk (the "extra virgin" or first press from freshly grated coconut)
250ml low-fat milk
200ml thick or heavy cream
1 teaspoon salt

METHOD:
1. Beat egg yolks briefly until evenly mixed.
2. Combine palm sugar, salt, coconut milk and low-fat milk in saucepan over low heat, stirring until fully dissolved.
3. When mixture starts to boil, take it off the heat and strain to remove impurities.
4. Pour sugar-milk mixture into beaten egg yolks, stirring slowly.
5. Put it back on low heat until it thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Do not let it boil or the custard will harden.
6. Remove from heat, transfer to a deep dish bowl and let it cool. (I cheat by placing the bowl in ice water or over ice cubes)
7. Stir in cream and put it in the freezer for an hour.
8. Check the ice cream - it should have started freezing at the edges but not at the centre. Take the bowl out of the freezer and beat the ice cream mixture until it’s creamy once again (this breaks up the ice crystals that have formed). You could blitz it using a food processor or just give your arms a good workout. Place the ice cream back into the freezer.
9. Repeat step 8 for a total of 3 times at least. The more you repeat this, the softer your ice cream will be.
10. Pour the mixture into storage container and freeze till set.

The final product has a consistency that's a bit more like kulfi than airy soft ice cream (that you get from the ice cream maker doing all the churning work for you). But it makes the dessert no less decadent.

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16 comments

  1. oooo.... nice! a few months ago, i was making home made ice cream too!

    i din use the custard based recipes so it was not as creamy. but it was nice. ;-)

    i bought an ice cream maker for that hobby. i only used it for like 8 times. LOL. time to make more ice cream!

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  2. oh ya, i like your ice cream scoop!

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  3. nice! reminds me of the durian icecream my mum made when i was a kid.

    this weekend go back must remind her and thank her!

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  4. I like your icecream scoop too. Haha...

    I made some semifreddo last month. Not too bad, your method seems to need a lot of strength. Can I beat with mixer instead?

    I thought of getting a budget ice cream maker to make more flavors, but then again, it might just sit in the storeroom. :P

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  5. Mmmm...yummy! That combination sures good.

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  6. looks and sounds delish =)~~

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  7. COOOLL!! Cendol is my favourite too and I think I will give it a try tomorrow. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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  8. K-man: omg you have an ice cream maker!!! so you made sorbets more? haha yes the IKEA ice cream scoop is so bright and happy.

    Southernoise: wow, real durian ice cream? Lucky childhood!

    Didally: haha, no need so much strength la. I barely mixed it for two minutes. Are you going to blog your semifreddo?

    LCOM, ocha: yes it is!

    Precious pea: you're welcome!

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  9. wow thanks for the no-ice-cream-maker needed recipe! i always wanted to make my own ice-cream but didn't want to waste money on an ice-cream maker. looks yummy!

    btw thanks for visiting my blog :) but i'm a lazy blogger :p

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  10. Wow~ I love cendol and i love ice-cream! Will try this recipe when i get the chance to go home =)

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  11. wow! no ice cream maker needed? sounds interesting and can-make-at-home. lol

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  12. wah~ *curtsy* i am honored that my icecream inspired u to make these! :P looks yummy indeed! alot better than mine~ i can imagine the nice coconut fragrant! u are tempting me to make icecream too! :P in fact, i have a red bean icecream (potong style) recipe to try out! maybe i should do it this weekend! :D

    Amanda

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  13. can you show me the ingredients you use? you get your thick coconut milk fresh from wet market?

    what brand of the heavy cream are you using?

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  14. Arvelle, um, since they've been eaten up, I'll have to re-buy all the items! lol

    But yes, coconut milk from wet market - fresh is always best. I've never liked the packet or powder types but in a pinch, I suppose you can use those too.

    I used Bulla Thickened Cream which is probably not ideal. But it's much cheaper and less fatty (35% fat instead of 48-60%) but note that it uses gelatine as a thickener, so it's not halal.

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  15. I tried your recipe today, it taste really good. My nephew love it so much.

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