Sweet Pounded Unripe Rice Flakes Cereal with Coconut Flesh and Banana
Hanuman and Chef Thapakorn Lertviriyavit
“Khaao Mao Khlook” is a cereal like dish, it is soften with hot water or young coconut juice, sweeten with sugar and mixed with grated coconuts and sesame seeds. Its simplicity and the freshness of the ingredients makes it with no doubt the first Khao Mao dish of the season. And if, as by chance, golden ripe Lady Finger banana is laying around the house, the dish is heading for a perfect harmony.
1/2 – 3/4cupssalted water (น้ำเกลือ)1 teaspoon salt dissolved in 1 cup of water
1/2cupsemi-matured coconut (มะพร้าวทึนทึก)grated (thin strips of fresh but firm flesh)
1/2tablespoongranulated sugar (น้ำตาลทราย)
1tablespoonwhite sesame seeds (งาขาว)
lady finger banana (กล้วยเล็บมือนาง)
Instructions
Pour the warm water over the Khao Mao flakes (Pounded Unripe Rice).
Wait until the flakes absorb the water and their color become vivid green.
Roast white sesame seed until golden and fragrant.
Grate the coconut into thin long strips.
The Khao Mao and the Grated coconut are ready to be mixed.
Add white sugar.
Bruise the roasted sesame seed to release their aroma.
Mix everything together and serve along ripe Lady Finger bananas.
Notes
1. You can use boiled young coconut juice instead of water. 2. You can add pandan juice to improve the fragrance and color of the dish. 3. You can bread flowers (Vallaris) to improve the rice scent.
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