Thailand

Tao Suan

Name: Tao Suan
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: 200 g Split mung beans; 2 Pandan leaf; 100 g Sugar; 2 tbsp Tapioca starch; 200 ml Coconut milk; to serve Crispy dough sticks

Sweet mung beans in coconut milk

Tao suan is a Thai dessert of split mung beans in a lightly thickened sweet soup.

Served with coconut milk and crispy dough sticks (patongko), it is a warm comfort dessert.

Servings4

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Split mung beans200 g
Pandan leaf2
Sugar100 g
Tapioca starch2 tbsp
Coconut milk200 ml
Crispy dough sticksto serve

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Steam the mung beans until soft but whole.
Boil water with pandan and sugar.
Thicken lightly with tapioca starch.
Stir in the mung beans.
Serve with coconut milk and dough sticks.

Make it original

Mung beans and pandan are in the Asia Boutique.

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