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''Khanom krok bai toei'' (, ) or ''Khanom krok'' Singapore (, ) is a Thai dessert created by Thai people; the name ''khanom krok Singapore'' came from one of the main ingredients, tapioca starch. Thai people formerly called tapioca flour "Singapore flour", hence ''khanom khrok Singapore''; the word ''khanom'' means dessert in Thailand. This Thai dessert is rather hard to find at present, found at some Thai dessert shops, some famous markets or department stores such as
''Khanom krok bai toei'' (, ) or ''Khanom krok'' Singapore (, ) is a Thai dessert created by Thai people; the name ''khanom krok Singapore'' came from one of the main ingredients, tapioca starch. Thai people formerly called tapioca flour "Singapore flour", hence ''khanom khrok Singapore''; the word ''khanom'' means dessert in Thailand. This Thai dessert is rather hard to find at present, found at some Thai dessert shops, some famous markets or department stores such as Siam Square
Siam Square (, ) is a shopping and entertainment area in the Siam area of Bangkok, Thailand. The square is located at the corner of Phayathai Road and Rama I Road and is owned by Chulalongkorn University, managed by its Property Management Of ...
market. Khanom khrok bai toei is shaped like a flower or a small dish, depending on the indented frying pan used to make it. It is usually a fresh green color which comes from pandan leaves
Pandan may refer to:
Plants
*''Pandanus'', a genus of tropical trees, the screw-pines
**''Pandanus amaryllifolius'', a tropical plant used in Southeast Asian cuisine
Places
Brunei
* Kampong Pandan, Brunei
Malaysia
* Pandan-Tebrau, a location ...
. Sometimes, pastry chefs use parts of other plants instead of pandan leaves such as the blue butterfly pea flower, so this dessert can have other colors.
The name ''khanom krok bai toei'' is similar to ''khanom krok
''Khanom krok'' or coconut-rice pancakes or mortar toasted pastry,Suwannapanich N. (2001). ''Dictionary of Sweets English-Thai. พจนานุกรมขนมนมเนยและไอศกรีม อังกฤษ-ไทย'' (in T ...
'' but the taste is different; ''khanom khrok'' also fragrant, sweet and the texture is also smooth from the coconut milk but ''khanom khrok bai toei'' has flavor of pandan. (The word ''bai toei'' means "pandan leaf" in Thai.) Moreover, ''khanom khrok'' has a soft cream made of coconut milk and rice flour in the middle but ''khanom khrok bai toei'' does not, but rather is similar to a pancake.
Ingredients
''Khanom krok bai toei'' has three main ingredients, tapioca flour, coconut milk, and pandan leaves. Other ingredients are wheat flour, salt, baking powder, eggs, and sugar.Kapook cooking. Retrieved October 16, 2017, from https://cooking.kapook.com/view113681.htmlSee also
*Thai cuisine
Thai cuisine (, , ) is the national cuisine of Thailand.
Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with aromatics and spicy heat. The Australian chef David Thompson (chef), David Thompson, an expert on Thai food, observes that ...
* List of Thai desserts
This is a list of Thai khanom, comprising snack
A snack is a small portion of Human food, food generally Eating, eaten between meals. Snacks come in a variety of forms including Food packaging, packaged snack foods and other processed foods, ...
References
{{Cuisine of Thailand Thai desserts and snacks