Tub Tim Krob (Thai Water Chestnuts in Coconut)

Name: Tub Tim Krob (Thai Water Chestnuts in Coconut)
Ingredients: ⅓ cup coconut milk; 5 drops red food coloring; ½ cup tapioca flour; ¼ cup water; ½ can whole water chestnuts

Tub tim krob (Thai: ทับทิมกรอบ) is one of the most famous Thai desserts. It is made of cubes of water chestnuts coated with red food coloring.

Ingredients

⅓ cup coconut milk
5 drops red food coloring
½ cup tapioca flour
¼ cup water
½ can whole water chestnuts

Steps

Peel and cut the water chestnuts into small cubes.
Soak the water chestnut cubes in red food coloring until their color changes to red.
Mix the colored water chestnut cubes with tapioca flour until the skin of the cubes is covered with the flour.
Boil them in hot water for several minutes or until the water chestnut cubes float to the top of the water.
Mix the water chestnut cubes with coconut milk and serve with ice cubes in a bowl.

More recipes with coconut milk, food coloring or tapioca starch

Adapted from “Tub Tim Krob (Thai Water Chestnuts in Coconut)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.