🇰🇭 Cambodia recipe
Cha Houy Teuk
Cha Houy Teuk is Cambodia's beloved jelly dessert, a cooling and elegant sweet made from agar-agar, coconut milk, and pandan. Sold from glass carts across the country, these colorful layered jellies are firm yet silky, subtly sweet, and perfumed with pandan and coconut. They are the perfect ending to a spicy Cambodian meal, providing gentle sweetness and a refreshing chill.
Prep10 mins
Cook15 mins
Serves8
Difficultyeasy
Ingredients
- For the pandan layer: 500ml water
- 4g agar-agar powder (about 1 teaspoon)
- 80g sugar
- 3 pandan leaves, knotted (or 1 teaspoon pandan extract)
- A few drops of green food coloring (optional)
- For the coconut layer: 400ml coconut milk
- 100ml water
- 4g agar-agar powder (about 1 teaspoon)
- 60g sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- A mold or 20cm square baking dish
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 190
- Protein
- 2 g
- Carbs
- 38 g
- Fat
- 4 g
