Yesterday my friend from Finland want to know the process of cooking Bua Loi. So I post the process of cooking Bua Loi. I wish my friend enjoy cooking Bua Loi. :)
Before start cooking. Do you know what is Bua Loi? Bua Loi is Thai sweet meat. It is one of delicious dessert. It is balls in coconut milk. But you can see many names. Its name depend on additional ingredient that we add such as egg so we call Bua Loi Kai Wan (Egg is Kai, Wan is sweet in Thai), if you add taro so its name is Bua Loi Puak (Puak is taro).
Let's see Bua Loi Kai Wan ingredient.
Main Ingredient: If you don't have ingredient as below it will not be Bua Loi
1. glutinous-rice flour
2. Coconut Milk
3. Sugar
4. Water
5. Salt
6. Bai Toey or Pandanus Leaf (for making good smell )
Additional ingredient: You can add one or more ingredient.
1. Egg
2. Taro
3. Corn
Making balls:
Mix glutinous-rice flour and begin add coconut milk (if you have a bit of coconut milk you can use enough of water). While you add coconut milk(or water) you have to knead the flour too. and add sugar (you can add as you want but should a bit because you must add sugar again while you boil balls.) Threat the flour till it soft. Then form about 1 cm diameter of ball.
Boiling balls:
1. Stew coconut milk and pieces of Bai Toey till it boiled. That you will see coconut milk float to surface.
2. Add balls till balls float to the surface. Stir it while you are boiling.
3. Add sugar and salt as you like.
Add additional ingredient:
1. Egg, you can add egg while it's boiling add 1 by one of egg, don't stir till it ready. Or boil egg in water then remove for serving.
2. Puak/Taro and corn you can add it before the ball.
**Important step**
EAT IT while it's still hot. It's very nice most time when my grandma was cooked it I always done before add additional ingredient. :P
If you have any question please let me know :)
Enjoy your cooking ^^
Cooking Tips:
1. Touch tapioca flour in your hands while you r forming balls. Then the ball not stick and it's more soft when you eat it.
2. Bai Toey make good smell and green color.
3. If you want to make green ball click here.