Tub Tim Grob

Name: Tub Tim Grob
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 200g water chestnuts, diced; Red food colouring or beetroot juice; 1 cup tapioca flour; 400ml coconut milk; Sugar syrup scented with jasmine or pandan; Crushed ice

ทับทิมกรอบ/tab-TIM GROB/

Also known as: Red Rubies, Thapthim Krop, Tab Tim Krob

About this dish

Crunchy 'red rubies' of water chestnut coated in red tapioca, served in sweet coconut milk with crushed ice.

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Ingredients

🌰200g water chestnuts, diced

🔴Red food colouring or beetroot juice

🌾1 cup tapioca flour

🥥400ml coconut milk

🍬Sugar syrup scented with jasmine or pandan

🧊Crushed ice

Method

Serves 2

Soak the water chestnut cubes in red-coloured water for 15 minutes, then drain.

Toss them in tapioca flour until well coated, shaking off the excess.

Boil until they float and turn translucent, then plunge into iced water.

Mix the coconut milk with sugar syrup and a pinch of salt.

Serve the rubies in the coconut milk with crushed ice.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Tub tim grob is a favourite Thai hot-season dessert; the water chestnut stays crisp inside its chewy coating.

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