Coconut bar

For the food known in Ohio as a coconut bar, see Lamington.
Coconut bar
Alternative names Coconut pudding
Type Pastry
Place of origin China
Main ingredients Coconut milk; wheat starch and corn starch, or agar and gelatin
Cookbook: Coconut bar  Media: Coconut bar

Coconut bar is a refrigerated dim sum dessert found in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southern China and in overseas Chinatowns. It is sweet and has a soft, gelatin-like texture but is white in color rather than translucent like gelatin. It is sometimes referred to as coconut pudding despite not being a pudding.[1]

Preparation

The dessert is made of coconut milk (preferably freshly made) and set with a mixture of tang flour (wheat starch) and corn starch, or a mixture of agar agar and gelatin. It is sweetened, and sometimes sprinkled with desiccated coconuts. The texture varies from silky springy (if gelatin and agar agar is used as setting agent) to creamy in texture (if wheat starch and corn starch are used to set the dessert) depending on individual preparations. The standard dim sum version has no filling. [2]

See also

References

  1. Coconut Bar. iFood TV. Accessed March 31, 2012.
  2. What is a coconut bar? Wisegeek.com. Accessed March 31, 2012.
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