Thai-style mung bean and egg yolk appetizers
A royal Thai dessert in the shape of a mung bean: a mixture of mung bean paste and coconut milk, molded, dipped in cane sugar, and poached in a pandan and…
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Ingredients and directions
- Prep time20 min
- Cook time15 min
- Resting30 min
- Total1 hr 5 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodsaucepan
- Estimated cost$5.83 $0.19 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 14, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
people
- $0.86
- $0.58
- $0.03
- $4.36
Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Cook the mung beans in coconut milk in a saucepan with some sugar and salt, then blend until smooth.
- Continue to cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let it cool slightly, then shape into small, oval balls.
- Prepare a syrup using the remaining sugar, water, pandan, and jasmine water, and let it thicken.
- Keep the syrup warm, dip each piece in the egg yolks, and poach it in the syrup.
- Remove them and leave them in a little syrup so they stay nicely sweet. ≈ 3 min
The bill
Thai-style mung bean and egg yolk appetizers
- 150 ml of coconut milk$0.86
- 3 cups of sugar (including some for the syrup)$0.58
- 3 to 4 grams of salt$0.03
- 10 to 15 fresh duck eggs$4.36
Total$5.83
that's $0.19 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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