This ain’t your mama’s “fruit cake”! This light and refreshing beauty is an absolute showstopper, and nothing says “summer treats” more than these gorgeous cubes of fruit-embedded jelly. The coconut layer adds an extra tropical flare! The fruit combination I used: mango, papaya, pineapple, lychee, kiwi and blueberries, is a winning combination, but you can […]

INGREDIENTS Serves 2 1 Tbsp butter 1 ½ Tbsp palm sugar, chopped, packed ¼ cup coconut milk 1/8 tsp salt 1 Tbsp coconut flavoured rum, regular rum, or crème de banane (optional) 1 underripe banana, 1/3-inch slices on a sharp bias, or 1 sweet plantain (see note) Roasted peanuts, roughly chopped for garnish (optional, can substitute […]

I grew up on these black sesame balls and for a long time I thought it was a Thai dessert. And I suppose one could argue that it is because of how commonplace it has become. But the truth is that it has its roots in Chinese cuisine, and the easiest place to find these […]

INGREDIENTS Serves 4-6 The Pudding ½ cup black glutinous rice 2 Tbsp white glutinous rice 2 cups cold water 1 pandan leaf, optional 1/3 cup taro root, cut in 1 cm cube * ¼ cup young coconut meat, cut into short strips, optional ½ cup finely chopped palm sugar ** heaping ¼ tsp salt Sweet […]

I fused together two traditional Thai desserts and gave it a bit of a twist, and the result was absolutely divine! Warm and luscious black sticky rice pudding with creamy coconut ice cream, refreshed by sweet-tart caramelized pineapple. It’s a beautiful dessert that can be easily made in advance, not to mention it’s gluten-free, dairy-free and […]

These chewy banana coconut pancakes are not what you would have for breakfast but they’re perfect little desserts or afternoon snacks. You can find these mochi-like little guys in some open-air markets in Thailand, but they’re becoming harder to find these days so I gotta learn how to make my own! INGREDIENTS Makes 24 1.5-inch […]

INGREDIENTS Makes almost 1 quart 1 1/2 cup coconut milk 1 1/2 cup coconut water (from a young coconut or pre-packaged) 100 g. chopped palm sugar Scant 1/4 cup white granulated sugar 1/8 tsp salt 2 Tbsp vodka (optional, see note) Optional Add-Ins 1/4 cup chopped young coconut meat 1/4 cup chopped jackfruit, canned Optional […]

So excited to share with you the traditional recipe that inspired my wildly popular Mango Coconut Jelly Cubes recipe! In this dessert, there are two layers representing two different life stages of the coconut: coconut water from a young coconut, and coconut milk from a mature one. Perfumed with aromatic pandan leaf, the combination is […]

There are many types of rice puddings in the Thai dessert repertoire, but this one is an absolute classic. Longan is a juicy, sweet, aromatic fruit that goes so well with the rice pudding. It’s a comforting, satisfying, ward dessert that is also a ridiculously easy recipe that you really cannot screw up. It is […]

This dish really embodies the spirit of rustic, simply Thai home cooking. If you grow banana trees, you’ll know that when they bare fruit, they bare a LOT of fruit all at once! So this is a dish my grandmother always makes whenever our banana tree bore fruit, and it’s a go-to dish because it’s so […]