Khanom Piak Poon (Black Coconut Pudding)* Mae Keb Khanomthai

These days, traditional Kanom Piak Poon are hard to find, and many shops cut corners by using black food colouring instead of carrying out the intricate and complicated cooking process that the finest examples of this dessert require.

At Mae Keb Khanomthai, Ms Dam lovingly follows the traditional recipe passed down from her grandmother and makes this jelly-like pudding the good old-fashioned way. This includes burning coconut coir to create a black, aromatic powder, and then mixing this with water, flour and jaggery syrup to create a wonderfully sticky, smoky and sweet gloop.

After being left to cool in a tray, the jet-black, glutinous pudding is cut into squares and sprinkled with the sweet flesh of freshly shredded coconuts from Thap Sakae District. It’s a masterpiece of taste, texture, and aroma – smoky, sweet, and melt-in-the-mouth deliciousness.

Other hard-to-find weekend desserts available include Ta Ko Sorn Roop (Rice ball pudding with coconut topping), Khao Farng Kuan (Thai millet marzipan), Khao Neow Tad (Thai sweet sticky rice cake), and Khanom Mo Kaeng (Thai custard cake) with taro filling or fried shallots topping. Like Kanom Piak Poon, all are made the traditional way using the finest, freshest ingredients available, and cooked over wood and charcoal for maximum flavour.

The tastes of Mae Keb Khanomthai are the flavours of Thai childhood and memorable holidays by the beach. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

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Kanom Piak Poon 50 baht

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