19.9.12

Palm Flesh Dessert (Khanom Tan)

 

Ingredients
1 cup of ripe palm fruit, use its yellow flesh by crush4 1/2 cup of rice flour
3 cup of sugar
4 1/2 of coconut milk
2 tablespoons of grind coconut
1 1/2 teaspoon of salt

Method
1. Mix coconut milk and sugar together, put it on fire and let it melt then filter it white and thin fabric. After that put it on fire again and wait until it boil then take it down and leave it cool.
2. Mix rice flour and crush palm fruit together while knead you need to pour coconut milk little by little until the flour soften then add all coconut milk to.
3. Cover the flour and bask it in the sun about 3-4 hours, flour will leaven.
4. Laddle flour to small chinese cup or banana leave vessel then sprinkle it with grind coconut which mixed salt.
5. Steam it for 15 minutes. Let it cool down and serve.

NotePalm fruit has a strongly smell so when you bring it flesh for crush with water you should crush it until it clear then pour it to cloth bag and hang it for let the water seep out, you will get the palm flesh for mix with rice flour