Description
'Layered Dessert'. A steamed, gelatinous cake made of tapioca and arrowroot flour. Distinctively features alternating colorful layers (often green pandan and white coconut).
Restaurants serving Khanom Chan (Thai Layered Sweet)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Tapioca starch
- Arrowroot flour(or Rice flour)
- Coconut milk
- Sugar
- Pandan leaves
Instructions
- Make tapioca/rice batter with coconut milk, split into
- colors (pandan/plain).
- Pour and steam thin layers alternately.
- Cool and cut into squares.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Pandan leaf sweet aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Uiro (Japanese steamed cake)
Pairing
All teas
Trivia
[Trivia] '9' (Gao) is a highly auspicious number in Thailand meaning progress. Thus, festive Khanom Chan is strictly steamed to have exactly '9 layers'.
Eating tips & etiquette
Instead of biting right through, Thai children love to eat this by 'peeling off the gelatinous layers one by one'.
Allergen
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