Thai Red Rubies

photo by n2inpink

- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
-
3-4
ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 30 water chestnuts
- 3 drops red food coloring
- 3⁄4 cup tapioca flour
- 2 1⁄2 cups coconut milk
- rose essence or jasmine essence
directions
- For sugar syrup ---------------.
- Dissolve sugar in water by bringing it to a boil.
- This takes about 1 minute.
- Then remove and chill in the fridge.
- For the water chestnuts -------.
- Peel the skin from the water chestnuts.
- Diced them into small cubes about 3 to 5 by 3 to 5mm. Mix the diced water chestnuts with red food colouring.
- (Not too big or too small) Add the diced water chestnuts into a plastic bag of tapioca flour and shake well to cover them with flour.
- Pour the water chestnuts from the bag into a sieve.
- Sieve away the excess flour.
- Boil water in a saucepan.
- Pour the water chestnuts into the boiling water and simmer for just 2 minute.
- Remove and drain the water chestnuts.
- Allow it to cool in iced water.
- For serving --------------------.
- Combine the sugar syrup, coconut milk and rose or jasmine essence.
- Scoop a couple of spoonfuls of the water chestnuts into each dessert serving glass bowl and fill it with coconut milk mixture.
- Add some ice cubes into the bowl and serve immediately.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kim Ong
Singapore
Hi, this is Kim. I'm from Singapore. Unlike most of you, I am not a chef,
but I love good food. Thank you for sharing your recipe with me.