Thai Red Ruby Coconut Dessert Tub Tim Krob ❤️🥥

Description

Tub Tim Krob is one of Thailand’s most striking desserts, made with jewel like red water chestnuts coated in tapioca starch and served in chilled coconut syrup. It is cold, glossy, lightly chewy, and deeply refreshing, with a beautiful contrast between creamy coconut and crisp ruby centers. ❤️
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Bright ruby pearls, icy coconut syrup, and a cool silky finish make this Thai dessert feel elegant, vivid, and instantly unforgettable. 🥥

Ingredients

• Ruby pearls
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• 🔴 225 g water chestnuts, drained and diced small (1½ cups / 8 oz)
• ❤️ 80 ml red syrup or red food coloring mixed with water (⅓ cup / 2.7 fl oz)
• 🌽 120 g tapioca starch (1 cup / 4.2 oz)
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• Coconut syrup
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• 🥥 400 ml coconut milk (1⅔ cups / 13.5 fl oz)
• 💧 250 ml water (1 cup / 8.5 fl oz)
• 🍬 70 g sugar (⅓ cup / 2.5 oz)
• 🧂 1 g salt (¼ tsp / 0.03 oz)
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• For serving
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• 🧊 300 g crushed ice (about 2½ cups / 10.5 oz)
• 🌿 1 pandan leaf, optional

Preparation

1. 1️⃣ Color the water chestnuts
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3. Toss the diced water chestnuts with the red syrup and let them soak 10 min so they take on their ruby color. ❤️
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5. 2️⃣ Coat with tapioca starch
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7. Drain lightly, then toss the red chestnuts in tapioca starch until each cube is fully coated. 🌽
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9. 3️⃣ Shake off excess starch
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11. Place the coated pieces in a sieve and shake gently so only a thin even layer remains. 🥣
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13. 4️⃣ Boil the rubies
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15. Drop the coated chestnuts into boiling water and cook 2–3 min until they float and turn glossy. 🔥
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17. 5️⃣ Chill the rubies
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19. Transfer them straight into cold water or ice water so they stay springy and separate. ❄️
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21. 6️⃣ Make the coconut syrup
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23. Combine coconut milk, water, sugar, salt, and pandan if using, then warm gently just until the sugar dissolves. 🥥
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25. 7️⃣ Cool the syrup
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27. Let the coconut syrup cool completely, then chill it well so the dessert tastes clean and refreshing. 🧊
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29. 8️⃣ Assemble and serve
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31. Fill serving bowls or glasses with crushed ice, spoon in the ruby chestnuts, and pour over the cold coconut syrup. 🍽️

Total Time

⏱ Prep: 20 min
🔥 Cook/Bake: 5 min
🛋 Rest: 20 min
⏰ Total: 45 min

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