Chor Muang

Name: Chor Muang
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour and 1/2 cup tapioca flour; 1/2 cup butterfly pea flower water; 2 tbsp coconut milk; 200g minced chicken or pork; Shallots, garlic, coriander root and pepper; Palm sugar and fish sauce

ช่อม่วง/chor MUANG/

Also known as: Chaw Muang, Flower Dumplings, Purple Flower Dumplings

About this dish

Purple flower-shaped dumplings made from butterfly-pea-tinted dough, filled with savoury chicken or pork.

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Ingredients

🌾1 cup rice flour and 1/2 cup tapioca flour

🌸1/2 cup butterfly pea flower water

🥥2 tbsp coconut milk

🍗200g minced chicken or pork

🧅Shallots, garlic, coriander root and pepper

🍬Palm sugar and fish sauce

Method

Serves 4

Cook the meat with the aromatics, palm sugar and fish sauce until dry and sticky. Cool and roll into small balls.

Cook the flours with the butterfly pea water and coconut milk over low heat, stirring, into a smooth dough.

Wrap a piece of dough around each filling ball.

Pinch the top with crimping tweezers to form petals.

Steam for 8–10 minutes and serve with lettuce and chilli.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chor muang is a palace-style snack of the Thai royal court, shaped with tweezers into delicate flowers.

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