Thailand Cooking & Thai Food

This coconut cake is made with coconut milk and shredded coconut for the ultimate coconut-ty taste! In Thailand, all the top hotels make their coconut cake with freshly-squeezed coconut milk from the local market. Ingredients For the Cake: 6 eggs 1+1/2 cups good-quality coconut milk (not ‘lite’) 7 Tbsp. sweetened shredded coconut (baking type) 1 […]

Egg Custard with Sticky Rice

18. January 2011

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This is another one of those recipes that my friend said he did not like, until he tried it. Now, he loves it. This ancient dessert consists of egg custard (Sung-Kha-ya) on top of rice (Khao-Niew-Moon) and is wrapped in banana leaves for added flavor. Try it, I am sure you will love it, too! […]

Coconut milk with plantains bananas

15. January 2011

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Coconut milk with plantains is a favorite dessert in Thailand. Usually we use plantains from Thailand (called, “kluai num wa” in Thai) to make this recipe. But here in the USA it is very difficult to find Thai plantains. Therefore, I use plantains or ripe bananas from my local supermarket. INGREDIENTS: -3 each ripe plantains […]

Pumpkin in Coconut Milk

10. January 2011

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Thai dessert menu, you can do it easily. Many Thai desserts involve cooking rice, sticky rice or flour in sugar and coconut milk. However, pumpkin in coconut milk belongs to a class of dessert called ‘gang buad’, which refers to cooking vegetables, legumes or fruits in coconut milk with sugar. Preparation 1 cup water 1/2 […]

Star Fruit in Mango-Orange Sauce

25. December 2010

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This special dessert recipe is beautiful to serve, plus easy to make and healthy too! It starts with slices of fresh star fruit (instructions on how to buy and prepare star fruit are included). Star fruit is similar in texture and taste to apples, and while it can be eaten fresh, in this recipe the […]

Thai Pandanus-leaf Pudding

12. December 2010

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Thai Pandanus-leaf Pudding or Sangkaya Bai Toey : sweet & creamy pudding that usually serve with bread. Ingredients – 1 Â½ coconut milk – 10 pandanus leaves – 1 cup water – Â½ sugar – Â½ palm sugar – 2 eggs – Â¼ cup corn flour Preparation 1. Cut pandanus leaves in small pieces, put […]

Thong Yod – Thai Dessert

17. August 2010

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Thong Yod is a Thai dessert served in auspicious ceremonies. Thong means Gold in Thai means to wish everyone with gold; much money and treasure, and its color is similar to gold color as well. Ingredients â€¢ 15 egg yolks â€¢ 10 tbsp. Thong Yod flour (wheat and rice flour mixture) Ingredients of Syrup â€¢ […]