Khanom khrok

Khanom khrok or coconut-rice pancakes (Thai: ขนมครก, pronounced [kʰā.nǒm kʰrók]) is a traditional Thai dessert.[1] They are prepared by mixing rice flour, sugar, and coconut milk to form a dough. Usually, khanom khrok is composed of two batters, one salty and one sweet, both of which are cooked in a heating mantle–a hot indented frying pan. After heating, khanom khrok will be picked out of the mantle and the two half-circular doughs formed into a circular shape.

Khanom khrok
Khanom khrok are small coconut hotcakes. They are made on a special cast-iron pan with indentations and two halves are eventually stuck to one another to form the finished mini-pancake. They can have different fillings or additives: sometimes sweet, sometimes savoury such as chives giving the sweet khanom khrok a surprising taste sensation.
TypeDessert
Place of originThailand
Region or stateSoutheast Asia
Associated cuisineThailand
Similar dishesBanh khot, mont lin maya, takoyaki, serabi

Khanom khrok is fragrant, sweet and the texture is also smooth from the coconut milk. Similar dishes can also be found in Bangladesh, Myanmar (where it is known as mont lin maya), Laos, Cambodia, South India (where it is called as Paddu, Paniyaram or Gundpongalu) and Indonesia (where it is called serabi).

Overview

Ingredients typically include coconut milk and rice flour.[2] Additional ingredients may include sugar, tapioca or arrowroot flour, white rice, shredded coconut, peanut or corn oil, green onions, corn, taro, pandan essence and cilantro. The mixture is poured within the dimples on a hot heating mantle.[2]

History

Khanom khrok was well-known since Ayutthaya period. And at that time was the beginning of a heating mantle–a hot indented frying pan. First, the dough made by rice immersed in water and mill with thin coconut milk, cooked rice, and shredded coconut that put a little salt then top with undiluted coconut milk. But for the Royal Thai version, they adapt the top of Khanom Khrok to become more diverse. Such as corn top, scallion top, and shrimp top.

See also

References
  1. CHAROENKIATPAKUL, WICHAN (18 August 2018). "Nuts about coconuts". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  2. Thailand – Joe Cummings. p. 251.


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