Editing Agar (section)

==== Asian culinary ====
One use of agar in [[Japanese cuisine]] is in ''[[anmitsu]]'', a dessert made of small cubes of agar jelly and served in a bowl with various fruits or other ingredients.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} It is also the main ingredient in ''mizu yōkan'', another popular Japanese food.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In [[Philippine cuisine]], it is used to make the jelly bars in the various [[gulaman]] refreshments like ''[[sago't gulaman]]'', ''[[samalamig]]'', or desserts such as ''[[buko pandan]]'', ''agar flan'', ''[[halo-halo]]'', ''fruit cocktail jelly'', and the black and red ''gulaman'' used in various fruit salads.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In [[Vietnamese cuisine]], jellies made of flavored layers of agar-agar, called ''thạch'', are a popular dessert, and are often made in ornate molds for special occasions.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In [[Indian cuisine]], agar is used for making desserts.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In [[Burmese cuisine]], a sweet jelly known as ''kyauk kyaw'' is made from agar.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} Agar jelly is widely used in Taiwanese [[bubble tea]].{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}