The name Khanom Chan would be translated as 'delicacy (khanom) with layers', so this is exactly what many foreigners refer to the famous Thai sweet dessert as, Layered Sweet Dessert. For those of you who are vegetarian and relish the thought of Thai food, you would be glad to know that Khanom Chan is a vegetarian dish. The sweetness in the layered dessert would obviously depend on the amount of sugar that you use to make this Thai dessert - experience will put you in better control of a more customized taste. We present a typical Khanom Chan ingredient list and recipe here, try it out and you are sure to enjoy the experience. The ingredients to make the layered Thai sweet are not many and the steps to follow to make it, are not very complicated either.
Like most traditional Asian sweet dishes, Thai food colors are generally obtained by using natural ingredients. But if you come across some very loud and bright colors in Thai food today, they are more likely to have come from factory made 'food grade' colors. The attractive green color of the Khanom Chan dish is derived from the extract of pandan leaves, the leaves are called 'bai toey hom' in Thai. The fragrance in the Thai layered sweet dessert is partly derived from a drop or two of the extract from Jasmine flowers. Flour from the tapioca plant is another important ingredient in this sweet Thai dish.