Thai Desserts?!
Answers: Does anyone know any thai chocolate desserts I could make?
Thai Fried Bananas
This is one of my favorite recipes. I have it every time I go to a Thai restaurant topped with coconut ice cream or drizzled with honey. If you have never tried it, now is the time, it's so good! I use Nam, a variety of banana which can be found at most Asian Markets. You can also use sweet potatoes in this recipe. Just drizzle the whole thing with chocolate syrup you can get from the store.
PREP TIME 20 Min
COOK TIME 15 Min
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup white rice flour
1/4 cup tapioca flour
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 1/4 cups water
10 bananas
3 cups oil for frying
Chocolate syrup (adjust to your taste)
DIRECTIONS
In a medium bowl, mix rice flour, tapioca, sugar, salt and coconut. Stir in water, a little at a time, and mix to form a thick batter.
Peel the bananas and cut each lengthwise into 3 or 4 pieces. Heat oil in deep-fryer or deep wok to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Completely coat each banana slice in batter, then fry in hot oil until golden. Drain on paper towels. Serve at once.
Thai Rice Pudding
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups Thai sweet rice (also called "sticky" or "glutinous" rice)
3 1/2 cups water
3/4 to 1 cup palm sugar, brown sugar, or white sugar (to taste)
1 can coconut milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. salt
optional: whole star anise as garnish
optional: crushed peanuts or toasted coconut
Add 2 cups water and allow to soak for 10 minutes (or longer).
Add 1 + 1/2 more cups water, plus 1/2 tsp. salt. Stir well.
Place over high heat. As soon as the water comes to a bubbling boil, reduce heat to medium-low (around 2.5 on your dial). Cover 3/4 of the pot with the lid (so that the lid is sitting askew, allowing some of the steam to escape).
Boil the rice like this for 15-20 minutes, or until all the water has been absorbed.
Turn off the heat, but keep pot on the burner. Place lid on tight and allow rice to "steam" in this way for 5-10 minutes.
Remove lid and add the coconut milk, stirring until incorporated (you may have to break up the rice a little with a spoon or fork).
Turn heat on low and, while gently simmering, add 1 cup sugar (brown sugar will give you a darker color, while white will give you pure white rice pudding). Also add the spices except star anise.
Taste test for sweetness, adding more sugar if not sweet enough, or more coconut milk if too sweet for your taste.
The rice will eventually absorb most of the coconut milk, creating a very thick rice pudding. Now you have 2 options: either add more coconut milk to the pot to thin the pudding, then serve, or:
Scoop some of the pudding into bowls. Surround the pudding with a little coconut milk, cream, soy or rice milk, etc... (as pictured). Sprinkle with extra cinnamon or nutmeg, and decorate with cinnamon sticks, whole star anise and crushed peanuts or toasted coconut (if desired). Enjoy!
JM
Here is a link for Thai fried banana, and it has chocolate sauce and whipped cream served with it. It looks delicious.
I really doubt you can find any as Thai traditional desserts do not use chocolates. But there might be modern creations which try to incorporate chocolate by modifying traditional recipes. You can also try to think along those lines eg. chocolate coated bananas with coconut or lemongrass ice cream.