{"id":2653,"date":"2014-07-30T08:47:56","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T12:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/picklesandtea\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2014-07-25T08:21:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T12:21:25","slug":"7-asian-iced-desserts-and-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/picklesandtea\/7-asian-iced-desserts-and-drinks\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Asian Iced Desserts and Drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s summer–it’s hot, it’s humid. Let’s cool down with an iced dessert or drink. Here are some favorites:<\/p>\n

1. Ice Kachang (Singapore, Malaysia)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Moshe Reuveni via Flickr<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Beneath a mountain of shaved ice drizzled with red, green, and yellow syrups–plus condensed milk!–you might find agar-agar<\/a> strips, red adzuki beans (kachang<\/em> means beans in Malay), sweet corn, fruit cocktail and\/or palm seeds.<\/p>\n

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2. Chendol (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo credit:\u00a0Pawel Loj via Flickr <\/a>cc<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Tiny jade-green noodles made from mung bean flour and flavored with pandan extract swim in coconut milk sweetened with palm sugar syrup. Also spelled cendol<\/em> or chendul<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a03. Es Teler (Indonesia)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Cameron Yee via Flickr<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Regarded as\u00a0Indonesia’s national beverage by some, es teler is a sweet, milky beverage comprising jackfruit slivers, avocado, grass jelly (cincau<\/em>), young coconut meat and\/or fruit.<\/p>\n

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\u00a04. Halo-Halo (Philippines)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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photo credit: deckchua<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Tagalog for \u201cmix-mix,” halo-halo is an Asian parfait of sweetened red adzuki beans and any number of native Filipino delicacies: palm fruit, macapuno (coconut sport), gulaman (agar-agar), jackfruit, ube (purple yam) and more! Evaporated or condensed milk is drizzled over for a sugary finish. For the halo-halo special, add extra toppings of leche flan, pinipig (glutinous rice), and ice cream.<\/p>\n

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5. Bao Bing (China\/Taiwan)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: ironypoisoning<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

A mountain of ice is topped with any permutation and combination of ingredients: tapioca pearls, red adzuki beans, green mung beans, herbal jellies, sweetened peanuts, taro, and fruit: mango strawberry, watermelon, etc. The popular preset combination, \u201cEight Treasure Ice\u201d (ba boa bing<\/em>) contains\u2014you got it\u2014eight toppings!<\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0Ch\u00e8 Ba M\u00e0u\u00a0(Vietnam)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Jennifer Yin via Flickr<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Ch\u00e8 ba m\u00e0u, or three-coloured drink, usually includes green mung beans, white black-eyed peas, and red adzuki beans. But technically, you could use any ingredients you like–starchy agar-agar strips, glutinous rice, fruit–to make up the three colors.<\/p>\n

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7. Tub Tim Krob (Thailand)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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photo credit: veryliciousness<\/a> via photopin<\/a> cc<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Known more commonly by its English name, red rubies, this dessert features chewy-on-the-outside, crunchy-on-the-inside reddish-pink pomegranate-like “seeds” in sweetened coconut milk. The vibrant red “seeds” are actually chopped water chestnuts tinged with food coloring and coated with tapioca flour.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Did I miss your favorite?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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