Eggless chocolate mousse recipe without gelatin, vegetarian friendly recipe. Let's see how to make this dessert with easy stepwise images.

No gelatin, just pure chocolate indulgence when you are hit with sudden sweet cravings.
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I wanted to try this chocolate mousse recipe without egg or gelatine, and at last tried with agar agar(china grass) as substitute for gelatine.
This is the first time I am handling agar agar. This recipe is great for get together/potluck or serve it to please your guests.
You can make it in advance and so need not worry about dessert part. For past two days I was craving for something chocolaty and thought of buying brownie from my favourite shop.
But after I tried this, this was perfect for me to enjoy. This is my 250th post too, so this is a celebration post!
Method
- Take ¾ cup of water in a pan and sprinkle the agar agar in it. Keep a side (20-30 mins) I used agar agar powder,so it dissolved easily.
- Meanwhile dissolve cocoa powder and corn flour in ¼ cup of lukewarm milk. Boil rest of the milk with sugar.
- Add the coco-corn flour mixture to the boiling milk with continuous stirring. Boil for 2-3 minutes with constant stirring.
- Heat the agar agar dissolved water and bring to boil. It will be thickened and like a transparent jelly like thing. Add it to the chocolate mixture and mix continuously. Switch off the flame and keep stirring until its almost cooled down. (Stirring is to avoid formation of a layer while cooling down).
- Mix in the cream(I whipped the cream a bit in a blender with the whipper blade) and vanilla essence.Stir well.
- Refrigerate this mixture to get the perfect set chocolate mousse. I did this by placing the mixture in freezer for approx 20 minutes (Don’t let it set for more time,).
- Or you can also pour the mixture directly to the mousse moulds that you are going to serve and set it as such in the fridge(not in freezer) until serving time.
Top it while serving with cocoa powder sprinkled on top with some chocolate shavings or with some whipped cream, sprinkle some sugar on top or add some choco sauce. It's your choice. Yumm!
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Eggless chocolate mousse recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Milk
- 1.5 tablespoon Cocoa powder
- 1.25 tablespoon Corn flour corn starch
- ¼ cup Sugar
- Dark chocolate optional for garnish
- 2 teaspoon Agar agar china grass powder
- ¾ cup Heavy cream
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla essence
Instructions
- Take ¾ cup of water in a pan and sprinkle the agar agar in it. Keep a side (20-30 mins) I used agar agar powder, so it dissolved easily.
- Meanwhile dissolve cocoa powder and corn flour in ¼ cup of lukewarm milk. Boil rest of the milk with sugar.
- Add the coco-corn flour mixture to the boiling milk with continuous stirring. Boil for 2-3 minutes with constant stirring.
- Heat the agar agar dissolved water and bring to boil. It will be thickened and like a transparent jelly like thing.
- Add it to the chocolate mixture and mix continuously. Switch off the flame and keep stirring until it's almost cooled down. (Stirring is to avoid formation of a layer while cooling down).
- Mix in the cream and vanilla essence. Stir well.
- Refrigerate this mixture to get the perfect set chocolate mousse. I did this by placing the mixture in freezer for approx 20 minutes (Don’t let it set for more time)
- Or you can also pour the mixture directly to the mousse moulds that you are going to serve and set it as such in the fridge (not in freezer) until serving time.
Notes
- I had few dark chocolates, so added it while boiling the chocolate mixture. Even if you omit adding it wont make any big difference.
- After you set the mousse, the texture is so soft and light.
- If you are sweet toothed, add 1 or 2 more tablespoon of sugar.
Priti
Congrats on ur 250th post ..mousse looks yum
Aarthi
Congrats dear...This looks absolutely yummy...I should try this soon...Thanks for the recipe dear...
Sush
congrats girl for the 250th post. Keep it going.
Hari Chandana
Wowww... looks so tempting and perfect.. Congrats on your 250th post dear 🙂
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Kalpana Sareesh
Congrats Raji!!! Keep Rocking!!! Wonderful recipe even i want to try mousse without the gelatin thanks for sharing.. in my must do list!!!!yummy!!!
Priya's Feast
hey,congrats on 250th post...Nice recipe on eggless mousse 🙂
Sarah
gorgeous clicks! and lovely tht this is eggless 🙂
Rinku Naveen
Congrats Raji!! What a way to celebrate 250th post. Superb! Yummy! Loved this recipe.
Cheers..
Janu
I feel like grabbing through the screen!!! This one tempts a lottt!!
PriyaVaasu
Congrats on the 250th post Raji!!!! Mousse is so tempting!!!!
Aruna Manikandan
Congrats dear and wishing u many more...
Mousse looks yummy yum 🙂
Sudha Sabarish
Congrats Raji for ur 250th post.Mousse looks yummy and tasty.
Priya
Congrats Raji, keep rocking dear, mousse looks extremely addictive and tempting.
Radhika
Congrats Raji. Mousse looks very decadent.
Prathibha
Congrats on ur 250th post raji...mousse looks super delicious n yummm..perfect for d milesone..:)
Sharmilee! :)
Looks super tempting and loved the 1st click very much...Congrats on ur 250th post and wishes for many more such posts!!
Kaveri
Congrats on your 250th post...Mousse looks super yummy and chocolatey
Premalatha Aravindhan
Congrats On ur 250th Post raji,delicious mousse...love the clicks!!!
Sanctified Spaces
Congrats on your 250.Yummy recipe.
notyet100
Congrats for reaching milestone 🙂 this one looks so yum
Divya
Hi Raji... Congrats on your 250th sweet post 🙂 Keep posting new recipes with ur wonderful clicks... the 2nd click invites me to taste the yummy mousse... we all will still be with you showering our wishes on ur 500th post or even more than that... so keep rocking!!!
Ramya
Congrats on the 250th post!! That mousse looks adorable!! perfect way to celebrate the milestone!!
Satya
mousse looks awesome...hearty congrats for ur 250th post...keep rocking
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Prathima Rao
Congrats on ur 250th post!!!! A delicious & perfect way to celebrate this happy occasion..I was actually on the look out for chco mousse recipe sans eggs & gelatine...Thx dear!!
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Vimitha Anand
Congrats on ur 25oth post Raks... Perfect yummy dessert for the celebration...
Happy Cook / Finla
I have the same agar agar pack which i bought from teh chinese store.
Love love chocolate mousse and this looks so so yumm.
Happy Cook / Finla
Oh and congragulations for reacong 2 and a half century post 🙂 that sounds good doesn't it 🙂
Muskaan at A2Z Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine
Congrats for 250th post, keep going gr8...chocolate mousse looks divine.
Hamaree Rasoi
Many Many Congrats for reaching 250th post. Chocolate Mousse looks simply outstanding.
Deepa
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Shanthi
Congrats on ur milestone and Wish u many more to come. Mousse looks extremely gorgeous.
jeyashrisuresh
Very delicious dessert. I have tried this with mango and the choc version is quite addictive for kids. Beautiful clicks and congrats on ur milestone
Pavithra
Coooooooooooongrats Raji:) I am so happy for you and the mousse is just apt for the celebrations. Second and third picture are looking great..wish dig in 🙂 Keep rocking.
DEESHA
Congrats Raks n a yummy dessert
Jayasri Ravi
congrats on your 250th post and a very yummy dessert
Sayantani
what a recipe...bookmarked.
priya ravi
congrats on ur 250th post.. Chocolate mousse is looking so delicious..
Suhaina
Congrads on your 250th post dear...best way to celebrate it... the cups are so pretty just like u. and the recipe is too goo to.. keep up the good work and may u easily come up with another 1000 recipes..
all the best dear...
Uma
I hopped on ur blog at correct time. Congrats for your 250th post. Keep up your great work as now. Mousse looks chill and liked the way you prepared it.
Cheers,
Uma
Ramya
congrats...lovely dessert..
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aipi
Congrats Raji ~ wishes n hugs for many many more to come!
The mousse looks decadent n so sinfully chocolaty!
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Archana
Congrats on the 250 th post dear. Love it.
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Smitha
congrats on ur 250th!....my favorite Chocolate mousse has never been better!...delicious clicks!
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hearty congrats Raji - Mousse esp without gelatin rocks- wish you many more wonderful milestones 🙂
raquel@erecipe
as I read the introduction of this recipe I been curious that's why I read the whole post...I love your recipe...I would love to try this too...is it okay if i will not include the agar agar I am not that familiar with that ingredient is there any substitute that I can use.
Kanchan
Never knew preparing Mousse was so easy, always thought its a huge task. Bookmarked !
Gayathri NG
Congrats on ur 250th post..keep Rocking..Choclate Mousse looks yummy and tempting..
Treat and Trick
Congrats on your 250th post! Tempting and yummy dessert, great for this celebration...
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Jay
looks delicious dear...congrats..!
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Kadhyaa...
Congrats on the 250 th post and this mousse is my all time fav.
Suja
Congrats on your 250th post..keep rocking
perfect way to celebrate..my favorite,love it
Kalyani's Platter
congrats on 250th post ... looks delicious and yummy ....... glad to follow u .....
Laavanya
I always have trouble finding plain agar agar (i always see boxes of flavoured ones here - coffee, almond etc.) 🙁
This mousse looks totally divine.
Sensible Vegetarian
Congrats Dear on your 250th Post, the mousse looks awesome.
Anonymous
Anything with chocolate kills me..!! and i do like eggless mousse..as i am not very comfortable with gelatin. I liked the last picture of the mousse spooned out..!!
Sushma Mallya
Congrats Raji ...wow tht looks melt in mouth ..will try this soon:)
jyothi
Thank you very much for such a wonderful receipe
jyothi
thank you very much
Swetha bhargav
hiya........
can i use gelatin instead of china grass, im unable to find the china grass in the stores. if so how much gelatin powder should take
RAKS KITCHEN
You can try, though I have not personally tried in this recipe. Try with 3/4 to 1 tsp of gelatin...
hurry
I tried this recipe and my friends thought I bought it from a fancy restaurant.... Thanks for the recipe
hurry
I tried this recipe and my friends thought I bought it from a fancy restaurant.... Thanks for the recipe
Kavitha
Hai,
Just hv a few doubts to clarify b4 starting... I saw china grass in a shop.. can i use that for mousse? After turning off the flame, how long should i stir.. Can i use fresh cream without whipping?
Sedna's rapture @ Christina T. Dorthy
Isn't this tarladalal's dish? I did not see ur acknowledgement so tot i'd clarify. Anyways I had become an ardent fan of ur recipes. The way u picture it step by step. Awesome! Thank u so much for all this. May god bless u. Continue do ur good work......... Amazing amazing amazing..........
RAKS KITCHEN
Hi, I think its from two recipes, half from tarla dalal and half from nita mehta. I wonder how I forgot to mention the acknowledgement part, which I always I am keen to do!!
Apurva
congrats on ur 250th receipe..this looks so yummie....i ll surely try dis
chocolate indulgence
agar agar is not available so can i avoid it
veena krishnakumar
Tried out this recipe and it came out just perfect. Have blogged about it here
http://veenasvegnation.blogspot.in/2013/01/chocolate-mousse-with-agaragar.html
Thanks for sharing
Sara Patel
Thanks for sharing such a great recipe. However, I would like to know exactly which kind of cream you are referring to - heavy cream, half and half, whipping cream, etc.
Thanks a bunch! 🙂
Sara Patel
Good recipe. However, I would like to know what type of cream to use - heavy cream, whipping cream, half and half etc.
RAKS KITCHEN
Cooking cream. I used nestle, whipping cream should also work.
Vruti Shah
Hey Raks can you tell me what is agar agar??
vibhasri
Hi
This looks really yummy... Jus had a few doubts. What is this agar agar and why should we use this? I need to make butterscotch mousse recipe. Do you have any idea about it? Would be really helpful if you can tell me about it.
Divyaa Raajaram
Looks yummy ! What us tge cream tat u hav used in this recipe? Can u be more specific? Want to try it out dor my daughter. Thanks !
Raks anand
Agar agar is vegetarian replacement for gelatin
Raks anand
Agar agar is vegetarian replacement for gelatin, i have no idea abt the buttercotch version, but you can try if you have it in your mind.
Raks anand
I used nestle cream.
Anamika Vajpai
Very nice looking, will try and let you know.
Aishwarya
Hi.. Where can I find agar agar in chennai
Raks anand
Try in amma naana : No.82/100, Chamiers Road, Teynampet