Che Thai

Name: Che Thai
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 200g jackfruit, cut into strips; 1 tin lychees and 1 tin longans, drained; Water chestnut 'rubies' coated in tapioca starch, boiled; Pandan and coconut jellies, cubed; 400ml coconut milk with 2 tbsp sugar and a pinch of salt; Sweetened condensed milk; Crushed ice

Chè Thái/cheh TIE/

Also known as: Che Thai Sau Rieng, Vietnamese Fruit Cocktail Dessert, Vietnamese Coconut Fruit Dessert

About this dish

A colourful iced dessert of jackfruit, longan, lychee, jellies and water chestnut rubies in sweet coconut milk.

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Ingredients

🍈200g jackfruit, cut into strips

🍒1 tin lychees and 1 tin longans, drained

🟥Water chestnut 'rubies' coated in tapioca starch, boiled

🟩Pandan and coconut jellies, cubed

🥥400ml coconut milk with 2 tbsp sugar and a pinch of salt

🥛Sweetened condensed milk

🧊Crushed ice

Method

Serves 2

Boil the starch-coated water chestnuts until they float, then cool in iced water.

Warm the coconut milk with sugar and salt, then chill.

Mix the fruit, jellies and water chestnuts in glasses.

Pour over the coconut milk and a little condensed milk.

Top with crushed ice and stir before eating.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chè Thái ('Thai sweet soup') is a hugely popular southern Vietnamese dessert, especially in Saigon, inspired by Thai tub tim grob.

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