Vietnam

Chè Bưởi

Name: Chè Bưởi
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 200 g White pomelo pith; 150 g Yellow mung beans; 60 g Tapioca starch; 150 g Sugar; 200 ml Coconut milk; some of each Pandan & salt

Sweet soup with pomelo and mung beans

Chè bưởi is a Vietnamese dessert that uses the white pith of the pomelo, which gains a crunchy texture when coated in starch.

With yellow mung beans, sugar and coconut milk it becomes a sweet, slightly bitter soup with a surprising bite.

Servings4

Time45 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

White pomelo pith200 g
Yellow mung beans150 g
Tapioca starch60 g
Sugar150 g
Coconut milk200 ml
Pandan & saltsome of each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

De-bitter the pomelo pith, dice and coat in starch.
Boil in water until translucent.
Cook the mung beans soft.
Bind with sugar and pandan into a sweet soup.
Serve drizzled with salted coconut milk.

Make it original

Tapioca starch and mung beans for chè bưởi are in the Asia Boutique.

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