Ingredients
300g Pumpkin
200g Thai yam*
Coconut Soup
8 Pandan leaves, tied into a knot
65g Sugar
400ml Water
200ml UHT coconut cream (santan)
¼ tsp Salt
Tapioca Jelly
75ml Boiling water
100g Tapioca starch, sifted
¼ tsp Blue food colouring*
¼ tsp Red food colouring
*Available at your nearest FairPrice store.
Method
- Prepare the Pumpkin and Yam
- Steam for about 20 minutes until softened but still firm. Remove the pumpkin
earlier because it takes less time to cook.
- Steam for about 20 minutes until softened but still firm. Remove the pumpkin
- Prepare the Tapioca Jelly
- Pour boiling water over the tapioca starch, then quickly mix it.
- Let the dough cool only very slightly, then knead quickly until smooth and pliable.
- Divide dough into 3 portions. Use food colouring to dye one portion blue, one red, and leave the last white. Knead until evenly coloured.
- Roll the dough into a long strip, shape it, then cut into 1cm cubes. Sprinkle tapioca starch to prevent them from sticking.
- Shake off excess flour, then cook tapioca cubes in boiling water for 5 minutes. When the tapioca cubes float to the surface, they are cooked.
- Prepare the Coconut Soup
- Add pandan leaves, sugar and water into a pot and boil for about 10 minutes.
- Discard pandan leaves, lower the heat, and add in coconut cream and salt.
- Simmer for 10 minutes at medium-low heat without covering, then remove from heat.
- Decorating
- Cut pumpkin in the shape of the dragon playground using the template, and the yam to form the dragon’s eye and tiles.
- Arrange the dragon-shaped pumpkin with the blue tapioca jelly and 1cm yam cubes as tiles.