7 Delightful Authentic Thai Desserts to Indulge in

Pleasantly welcome the last month of 2021 with delightful Thai desserts in enchanting pastel colors. Get a glimpse of our selection of Thai sweet delights that will certainly impress you.

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Allure

Influenced by the Portuguese delight, Allure is an authentic Thai dessert made with a combination of ingredients including wheat flour, sugar and coconut milk with an added touch of gorgeous food colorings either vivid or pastel colors. The colorful candy sweet comes with sugar crust and soft chewy texture inside for deliciousness.

Thai flower shortbread

A rare-to-find traditional Thai flower-shaped cookies uniquely infused with aromatic candle comes with stunning appearance and full flavor with a perfect hint of sweetness and saltiness. The cookies offer crumbly yet melt-in-the-mouth texture.

Thai glutinous rice balls in coconut milk

Many people’s favorite, Bua Loy consists of chewy rice balls made with glutinous rice flour with colorful tints of natural food colorings boiled in sweetened coconut milk. Relish with a sweet poached egg for a flawless combo. Its gorgeously colorfulness is also perfect for creating content to share on the social media.

Floral rice cakes

The ancient Thai soft rice cakes with jasmine aroma in soft pastel colors are known as “Khanom Chak Na”. The name comes from the fact that the surface of the cake would drop in the middle after being steamed. 5 ingredients including rice flour, tapioca flour, sugar, jasmine scented water and food colorings are all it takes to make.

Tapioca coconut mini cookies

Indulge in crispy and immediately melt-in-your-mouth mini cookies where flour and sugar are perfectly combined and baked until yielding the scrumptiousness. Tapioca coconut mini cookies are another ancient Thai dessert influenced by the Portuguese delight. Accompany with a cup of hot tea or coffee for an incredible match.

Thai melting-moment cookies

Rare & mild authentic, Thai melting-moment cookies are another Thai dessert that most people are probably not familiar with. With the soft yet fine texture of rice flour combined with coconut milk and sugar, the cookies are added with a hint of pastel colors to make them more up-to-date before transferring to the mold and infusing with scented candles. Once baked, they’re ready for you to relish.

Rubies in coconut milk

Top up the level of refreshingness with the popular rubies in coconut milk made with small pieces of water chestnut or yam coated with rice flour and food colorings and boiled until yielding gorgeous pastel color. Refreshing & vibrant colored dessert is best enjoyed with syrup infused with jasmine scent and sweetened coconut milk topped with jackfruit or young coconut strips by everyone.

Indulge in our selection of 7 ancient Thai delights served in super cute pastel colors. Make your weekend more refreshing by checking out the giveaway recipe of “rainbow water chestnuts in coconut milk” to craft the delectable dessert. The ingredients are also easy to get a hold of and the instructions are not complicated!

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Ingredients

1. Water chestnut in syrup 1 can

2. Food colorings (blue, green, yellow, orange, and red) 5 cups

3. Tapioca starch 300 g.

4. Syrup ½ cup

5. Coconut milk 500 g.

6. Palm sugar 350 g.

7. Salt ¼ tsp.

8. 2 Pandan leaves

9. Water 1 bottle

10. Ice 1 cup

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Instructions

1. Dice water chestnuts in syrup and soak them in 5 food colorings in separate bowls for 20 minutes.

2. Pour tapioca starch into a mixing bowl. Completely drain the colorful water off the water chestnuts and coat with the tapioca starch. Shake off the excess flour.

3. Bring a pot of water to a boil over medium heat. Add the coated water chestnuts into the pot and let them cook until the coating appears clear and float to the water surface. Then, transfer the water chestnuts into cold water instantly. Allow to soak in the cold water for a bit, drain off the water, and set aside separately according to colors.

4. Coat the water chestnuts with syrup to prevent them from sticking together and set aside.

5. To make coconut milk, warm up a pot over low heat. Add coconut milk, palm sugar, salt, and pandan leaves respectively. Stir until well-combined or the palm sugar melts.

6. Scoop every color of water chestnuts into a serving bowl.

7. Top with coconut milk as much as you wish and add ice to make it cold and refreshing for serving.

Here’s another creative sweet delight that should be on your list as it combines 2 periods of Thainess in a bowl. Rainbow water chestnuts in coconut milk delivers the pleasant sweetness of coconut milk and palm

sugar intertwined with the crisp yet super cute pastel water chestnuts to freshen you up during the year-end celebration. Make sure you stay tuned for more interesting facts and irresistible recipes.