Thong Yip

Name: Thong Yip
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 10 duck or hen egg yolks; 500g sugar; 500ml jasmine water; 1 tsp rice flour

ทองหยิบ/tong YIP/

Also known as: Thong Yib, Thai Golden Pinched Egg Yolk Flowers

About this dish

Golden flower-shaped Thai sweets made from egg yolks cooked in jasmine-scented syrup.

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Ingredients

🥚10 duck or hen egg yolks

🍬500g sugar

💧500ml jasmine water

🌾1 tsp rice flour

Method

Serves 2

Beat the yolks with the rice flour until thick and pale.

Boil the sugar and jasmine water into a light syrup.

Drop spoonfuls of yolk into the simmering syrup to form small discs.

Lift out each cooked disc and pinch it into a five-pointed flower shape in a small cup.

Leave to set, then serve at room temperature.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Thong yip is one of the auspicious 'golden' desserts introduced via Portuguese influence and served at Thai weddings.

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