Stuffed Crescents with Mung Bean

Thai name: 

 ขนมถั่วแปบ

When you go to Thai street market. One of Thai desserts that you can see on street side. We called " Khanom Tua Baep ".

Today, you can cook it by yourself.

Ingredients:

• 250 g. glutinous rice flour
• 200 g. mung beans
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp roasted sesame
• 1 tsp salt
• 200 g. scrape coconut fruit
• 1 cup concentrated pandanus juice

Preparation:

• Soak mung beans for overnight or soak its in warm water for about 4 hours.
• After steam its for 30 - 50 minutes.
• Steam scrape coconut fruit for 5 minutes.
• Add mung beans, scrape coconut fruit which has been steamed and 1 tsp. salt then mix its together.
• Place its on the plate.

In the bowl, put the glutinous rice flour in there, add pandanus juice little by little as you knead it.

• Mold it to 1.5 inch ball.
• Boil the dough ball when it float to the top then dip it up.
• Next, put its into cold water. (for easy to form the dough)

• Flatten it out and then place the filling in the center.
• Fold the dough over and pinch it closed at the edges.
• Garnish with some more mixed mung beans.

Mix sugar, roasted sesame and salt together.

• Now, ready to serve.
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