RED RUBY (THAI DESSERT)

RED RUBY (THAI DESSERT)

Ingredients

200gm water chestnuts
100gm tapioca flour
1/2 teaspoon red colouring
300ml coconut milk
150ml water
50gm sugar (adjust to preference)

Method

1) Wash water chestnut and remove skin
2) Dice water chestnut into cubes
3) Add red colouring to the chestnut coating evenly
(if too dry, add a little water)
4) Toss coloured water chestnut in tapioca flour
5) Dish out onto a dry plate and spray some water on
it, and toss in tapioca flour again
6) Repeat step 4 and 5 till you get the right size of
ruby you want
7) Boiled a pot of water and drop tapioca flour coated
chestnut to boil
8) When coated chestnut float up, voila! red ruby is form
9) Use a strainer to scoop up and transfer to a bowl of
ice water
11) In another pot, boiled coconut milk with water and
sugar (adjust sweetness to preference)
12) Drained red ruby from ice water and add sweetened
coconut milk and crush ice, serve chilled