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Khanom Tan
Steamed cakes from sugar palm fruit
Khanom tan is a fragrant Thai dessert made from the pulp of the sugar palm fruit.
Fermented with rice flour, coconut and yeast, the cakes are steamed in banana leaves and topped with coconut.

Servings10 pieces
Time50 min
LevelMedium
Ingredients
- Sugar palm fruit pulp200 g
- Rice flour200 g
- Coconut milk200 ml
- Sugar120 g
- Freshly grated coconut100 g
- Yeast & pinch of saltsome of each
★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique
Preparation
Mix the palm fruit pulp with rice flour and coconut milk.
Add sugar and yeast.
Let the batter ferment for several hours.
Fill into banana-leaf cups.
Steam and top with salted coconut.
Make it original
Rice flour and coconut milk are in the Asia Boutique.