We have a lot of desserts in Thailand. Today, I would like to show you another 5 ancient Thai desserts that are very interesting and really delicious!
The first one is the most interesting dessert out of these five desserts… It is comprised of natural plant. Do you know “tropical pitcher plant”? This plant eats insects! Its nectar attracts insects to go into the cup and then the insects are trapped at the bottom of the cup. WOW! Amazing!
We call this plant in Thai as "Moh Khao Moh Kaeng Ling" because monkeys like to drink rain drops in the cup. It is also called as "monkey cup". ("Ling" in Thai means "Monkey")
Since its shape looks like a narrow cup, local Thai people in the Southern part use it as a little container for their dessert called, “Khanom Moh Khao Moh Kaeng Ling”.
They made sticky rice with coconut milk and put it in the tropical pitcher plant! It's really creative idea, right? You can eat the sweet sticky rice and the tropical pitcher plant together. Yummy! This Thai dessert is now really hard to find. It’s a special dessert of Thai Southerners.
The Second is "Khanom Tarn" – Palm balls. It is a traditional Thai dessert with a unique aroma and made from natural ingredient; palm fruits.
The third is "Khanom Khai Nok Kata" - Thai fried sweet potato balls – the small balls look cute and yummy!
The forth is "Khanom Ko" – Flour balls mixed with coconut fresh - Special dessert of Thai Southerners.
The fifth is Santol with sweet spicy sauce" – Do you remember Santol, Thai fruit? I have presented my own dessert to you in my old post, “Santol in syrup”, too. This dessert is also made from Satol but its taste is totally different; "Santol in syrup" is sweet and sour whereas "Santol with sweet spicy sauce" is sweet and spicy!
If you visit Thailand, I would recommend you to try these 5 ancient Thai desserts, apart from other lists of Thai desserts that I am quite sure you have in hands now! ;D
p.s. These photos are from my sister who lives in Phatthalung province, my hometown, in the South of Thailand.