I've made kohakutou once in the past and it turned out fine. However, this time, it formed some candy that isn't jello-like at all, and the texture is kinda hard. I changed my measurements this time because I didn't want too much. My measurements used for this are: 1/2 cup water, 1 cup sugar, 1/8 tsp citric acid, and 1 teaspoon of agar. I also used passion fruit juice (which was just 100% passion fruit juice from the store) instead of water.
I started out by sprinkling the agar over cold juice, then let it sit for 5 minutes. I then turned up the heat to medium and let it heat up then boil for 1-2 minutes, then I turned the heat to low and added the sugar, stirred that in, then turned up the heat a bit to medium and let it boil for 6-8 minutes while stirring. Then, I took it off the heat and let it cool before adding the citric acid. Finally, I poured it into containers and put them in the fridge.
What am I doing wrong?? Is it the passionfruit juice, my measurements, or the cooking process?
by aurlea
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I’m not familiar with this at all, but since you had a problem, at first glance I would have guessed that you can’t simply substitute water with passion fruit juice since the two have wildly different pHs
Quick googling yielded this post, which may be helpful for you
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskCulinary/comments/1camoem/how_to_make_agar_agar_gummies_chewy/