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Es Bengkoang

Ingredients

  • 1 large jicama peeled and cubed
  • VF food coloring
  • water as needed for boiling
  • 3 bowls of ice water
  • crushed ice for serving

Coating

  • for each color 30 g tapioca flour plus 5 g corn starch

Coconut Milk

  • 1 can of thick coconut milk 400 ml
  • 1 screw pine leaf knotted
  • a pinch of salt
  • 1/2 c sugar

Instructions

  • bring coconut milk ingredients to boik, until sugar is dissolved. Set aside to cool to room temperature (chill is great too)
  • in 3 separate bowls, fill with water and tint each with the food coloring
  • soak cubed jicama for 1/2 H
  • on 3 separate plates, mix tapioca flour and cornstarch
  • bring water to boil, drop jicama per color, cook for 1 minute (until cubes are floating)
  • with slotted spoon, take out jicama and drop them in ice water, let stand for 2 minutes, drain
  • serve jicama with coconut milk and crushed ice