6 Easy Thai Dessert Recipes to Make at Home and Fail-Proof

Kapanlagi.com - Lovers of Thai cuisine are surely familiar with their unique and appetizing desserts. Not only famous for their spicy main dishes, Thai desserts also have a variety of sweets with distinctive flavors and textures.

From the iconic mango sticky rice to traditional cakes made from coconut milk and pandan, these Thai desserts offer a culinary experience that is a must-try. Of course, KLovers can make these sweet dishes at home!

Come on, check out some easy Thai dessert recipes that can be made at home and are definitely fail-proof. Just check it out, KLovers!

1. Mango Sticky Rice

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An iconic Thai dessert that combines sticky rice cooked with coconut milk, served with slices of sweet mango and drizzled with thick coconut sauce on top. Here are the steps to make this Thai dessert:

Ingredients:

- 2 cups of sticky rice

- 2 ripe mangoes

- 2 cups of thick coconut milk

- 1/2 cup of granulated sugar

- 1/2 tsp of salt

- Pandan leaves

- Toasted sesame seeds

Instructions:

1. Soak the sticky rice for 4-6 hours

2. Steam the sticky rice until it is half-cooked

3. Boil the coconut milk with sugar, salt, and pandan leaves

4. Add the sticky rice to the coconut milk, cook until absorbed

5. Steam again until fully cooked

6. Serve with mango slices and a drizzle of coconut sauce.

2. Kluay Buat Chi (Fried Banana in Coconut Milk)

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Bananas that are fried in a crispy flour batter, then drizzled with warm sweet coconut sauce. A simple Thai dessert that is filling and warming. Here are the steps to make this Thai dessert:

Ingredients:

- 8 saba bananas

- 1 cup of rice flour

- Thick coconut milk

- Brown sugar

- Pandan leaves

- Salt

- Water

Instructions:

1. Make a batter with flour and water

2. Fry the bananas in the batter

3. Cook the coconut milk with sugar and pandan

4. Add salt to taste

5. Drizzle the bananas with the coconut sauce

6. Serve warm.

3. Tako (Coconut Pudding)

Coconut pudding shaped like a flower with sweet corn and water chestnut filling, served in pandan leaf containers. Its texture is soft with a sweet savory flavor, a must-try for you. Here is how to make this Thai dessert:

Ingredients:

- Tapioca flour

- Coconut milk

- Sweet corn

- Water chestnuts

- Granulated sugar

- Pandan leaves

- Water

Instructions:

1. Mix the flour with coconut milk

2. Cook until thickened

3. Prepare pandan leaf molds

4. Fill with corn and water chestnuts

5. Pour the pudding mixture

6. Chill until set

7. And you can serve it.

4. Tub Tim Krob (Water Chestnut in Syrup)

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A refreshing dessert made of water chestnuts coated in flour and boiled in red syrup, served with shaved ice. Here is how to make this Thai dessert:

Ingredients:

- Water chestnuts

- Tapioca flour

- Red food coloring

- Granulated sugar

- Young coconut water

- Shaved ice

- Pandan leaves

Instructions:

1. Coat the water chestnuts with flour

2. Boil in boiling water

3. Make syrup with food coloring

4. Soak in syrup

5. Serve with shaved ice

6. Add young coconut water.

5. Bua Loy (Purple Sweet Potato Balls)

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Soft purple sweet potato balls in warm coconut milk. A dessert that is perfect to enjoy in cold weather. Here’s how to make this Thai dessert:

Ingredients:

- Purple sweet potato

- Tapioca flour

- Coconut milk

- Granulated sugar

- Salt

- Pandan leaves

- Water

Instructions:

1. Steam and mash the sweet potato

2. Mix with the flour

3. Shape into small balls

4. Boil in boiling water

5. Cook the coconut milk sauce

6. Serve the sweet potato balls in the sauce.

6. Khanom Chan (Pandan Layer Cake)

A layered cake with a gradient green color from pandan extract, chewy and soft in texture. The pandan aroma is distinctive and soothing, which you shouldn't miss. Here’s how to make this Thai dessert:

Ingredients:

- Rice flour

- Tapioca flour

- Coconut milk

- Pandan leaves

- Granulated sugar

- Salt

- Water

Instructions:

1. Mix all the flours

2. Make pandan extract

3. Divide the batter into several portions

4. Pour layer by layer and steam

5. Repeat until the batter is finished

6. Cool before cutting

7. Then serve.

Those are some recipes for Thai desserts that you can make at home. After reading this article, KLovers must try making them right away, because if not now, when else?

(kpl/dhm)