Look Choop

Name: Look Choop
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 250g split mung beans, soaked; 250ml coconut milk; 150g sugar; Natural food colourings; Agar powder, for the glaze

ลูกชุบ/look CHOOP/

Also known as: Luk Chup, Thai Mini Fruit Sweets, Look Chup

About this dish

Tiny mung bean sweets shaped and painted to look like miniature fruits, finished with a shiny jelly coating.

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Ingredients

🫘250g split mung beans, soaked

🥥250ml coconut milk

🍬150g sugar

🎨Natural food colourings

🟢Agar powder, for the glaze

Method

Serves 4

Steam the mung beans until soft, then blend with coconut milk and sugar.

Cook the paste in a pan, stirring, until it forms a firm, smooth dough. Cool.

Shape small pieces into mini fruits and vegetables and push onto toothpicks.

Paint with colours and leave to dry.

Dip two or three times in warm agar jelly to glaze, then add tiny leaves.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Luk chup is a Thai royal-court dessert that shows off the maker's skill; it's made for festivals, weddings and gifts.

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