Golden Jackfruit Seed

This Thai dessert Golden Jackfruit Seeds or Met Khanoon is one of the popular items during the Thai important holidays. The Golden Jackfruit Seed is believed that this dessert brings good luck. It has sweet taste.

Ingredients
Yellow mung beans 1.5 cups
Brown sugar 4 cups
Coconut milk 3 cups
Water 2 cups
9 egg yolks

Direction
1. Soak the yellow mung beans 1.5 cups in the water for six hours.
2. After that, drain it and steam on boiling water for 30 minutes.
3. Blend the streamed yellow mung beans with 2 cups of sugar and 3 cups of coconut milk until smooth.
4. Place the mixes in a pan and stir it until becomes sticky like dough.
5. Then form the paste into oval-shaped like football, half inches long. It looks like small jackfruit seed.
6. Make the light syrup from 0.5 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water. Leave it until reaches room temperature.
7. Then make the heavy syrup from 1.5 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water. Leave it on the stove with low heat.
8. While heating the heavy syrup, whisk 9 egg yolks lightly in a bowl and dip the small oval paste into the egg yolks.
9. Place the egg-coated oval paste in the heavy syrup and wait until the egg yolk coating is cooked.
10. After they’re cooked, remove them to the light syrup bowl (6).
11. Remove them from the light syrup bowl and place them on the serving plate.

Bon Appétit !!

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Thai Sticky rice and Egg custard (khao niaw sangkhaya )

   There are many dessert recipes in Thailand. Most of the Thai desserts are very sweet. "Khao niaw sangkhaya" is one of the popular Thai sweet.  It is made from eggs, coconut, palm sugar and Sticky Rice. The other name is "Thai Sticky rice and Egg custard" or "Thai Sticky rice and coconut custard". Whatever, it is delicious. Satisfaction guaranteed for sweet addict.

 Ingredients Sticky rice : 

2 cups cooked Sticky Rice

2 cups Coconut milk

3/4 cup sugar

1 Teaspoon salt

Ingredients Egg custard :

4 eggs

1.5 cups coconut milk

1.5 cups pure palm sugar

Directions :

For Sticky rice;

1.Add sugar and salt into coconut milk. Mix it together.

2.For sticky rice, we put into microwave bowl. Pour water into the bowl until the water reached 3-5 millimeters above sticky rice.

3.Steam sticky rice by microwave around 6 minutes.

4.If you have done it correctly so far, the rice will expand. (Imagine popcorn). Left a little water in the bowl.

5.Quickly flip the rice. And then, steam it again by microwave around 6 minutes.

6.Take the bowl out. Fill it with mixed coconut milk. Stir it until the coconut milk dissolve into rice and cover it with lid for 5 minutes.

For egg custard;

1.Add eggs, coconut milk and pure palm sugar into the blow.

2.Mix it very well.

3.Steam the mixed eggs for 20-25 minutes. Or until it done.

Cut the Egg custard into a thin layer and put it on sticky rice.


Now, you are ready to serve a delicious Thai dessert.

Bon Appétit!

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