Che Ba Mau

Name: Che Ba Mau
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 1 cup red beans, cooked with sugar; 1 cup split mung beans, cooked and mashed with sugar; Green pandan jelly, cut into strips; 200ml coconut milk, simmered with sugar, salt and a little tapioca starch; Crushed ice

Chè ba màu/cheh bah MOW/

Also known as: Three Colour Dessert, Che Ba Mau Rainbow Dessert, Vietnamese Three-Colour Dessert

About this dish

A colourful three-layer dessert drink of sweet red beans, mung bean paste and green pandan jelly, topped with coconut milk and ice.

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Ingredients

🫘1 cup red beans, cooked with sugar

🟡1 cup split mung beans, cooked and mashed with sugar

🟩Green pandan jelly, cut into strips

🥥200ml coconut milk, simmered with sugar, salt and a little tapioca starch

🧊Crushed ice

Method

Serves 2

Cook the red beans until soft, then sweeten.

Cook the mung beans until soft, mash and sweeten.

Make the pandan jelly and cut it into strips.

Layer red beans, mung bean paste and jelly in tall glasses.

Top with crushed ice and the coconut sauce, and stir before eating.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chè ba màu ('three-colour chè') is sold by street vendors in southern Vietnam, especially on hot afternoons.

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