15 Delicious Thai Desserts You Must Try (Video)
After the sometimes spicy food in Thailand, a sweet dessert can be delicious. You see them in street stalls, shops and large supermarkets.
In this video you can see fifteen popular desserts, including Mango with sticky rice and coconut cream. A popular Thai dessert or sweet snack and definitely my favourite.
Thailand is known for its delicious and varied desserts, often made with tropical fruits, glutinous rice and coconut milk. Here are 15 popular Thai desserts:
- Mango with sticky rice (Khao Niew Mamuang): Glutinous rice served with fresh mango and topped with sweet coconut milk.
- Thai steamed glutinous rice cake (Khanom Chan): A steamed layered cake made from glutinous rice flour, coconut milk and sugar.
- Thai coconut pudding (Khanom Krok): Small, semicircular pudding made from glutinous rice flour, sugar and coconut milk.
- Thai steamed banana cake (Khanom Kluay): A soft, steamed cake made with ripe bananas, glutinous rice flour and coconut milk.
- Thai pumpkin custard (Sankaya Fakthong): A sweet, creamy custard made with pumpkin, coconut milk and sugar, often served in a hollowed-out pumpkin.
- Sticky rice in banana leaf (Khao Tom Mat): Glutinous rice, banana and black beans wrapped in a banana leaf and steamed.
- Thai pandan cake (Khanom Buang): Thin, crispy pancakes filled with a sweet pandan cream and fresh coconut.
- Tab Tim Grob (Red Rubies): Water chestnuts coated in tapioca flour and served with ice cream and coconut milk.
- Bu Loy (Rice Balls in Coconut Milk): Small, colorful rice balls served in sweet coconut milk.
- Lod Chong (Thai Green Noodles): Green, pandan-colored rice noodles served in sweet coconut milk.
- Thai sweet sticky rice (Khao Lam): Glutinous rice mixed with black beans and coconut milk, steamed in bamboo.
- Thai sweet crepes (Khanom Bueang): Crispy crêpes filled with meringue and shredded coconut.
- Foy Thong (Golden Threads): Threads of egg yolk cooked in sugar syrup, often used as a garnish for other desserts.
- Thai jellies (Woon): Colorful, fruity jelly desserts, often served with ice cream and coconut milk.
- Steamed custard (Sankaya): A soft, sweet custard made from eggs, sugar and coconut milk, served in banana leaves or small bowls.
These are just a few of the many delicious and unique Thai desserts you can discover while traveling to the country or visiting an authentic Thai restaurant.
Gringo previously wrote an article about the origin and background of Thai desserts: www.thailandblog.nl/eten-drinken/desserts-thailand/
Watch the video and your mouth will water.
What is your favorite Thai dessert, by the way?
Video: 15 Delicious Thai Desserts You Must Try
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There are so many delicious desserts in Thailand, but for me the mango with sticky rice and sweet coconut milk is number one. Hmmm
Many desserts are beautifully colored, but…. at the expense of unhealthy additives.
Give me the mango with sticky rice and coconut. Delicious !!!!
I see many khanoms but sadly the Khanom Mor Gaeng is missing…
My favourite!