Sunday, March 23, 2008
Ice Kacang
Ice Kacang RecipeIce Kacang ingredients
500 g
Ice
100 cc
Susu Pekat
Cooking Ice Kacang
1. 1. Blend the ice
2. Add milk to ice.
History of Ice KacangIice kacang (
Chinese: 红豆冰;
pinyin: hóngdòu bing; literally "red bean ice"), is a
dessert served in
Malaysia and
Singapore. It is also popularly known as air batu campur in Malay or ABC for short. The word "air batu", literally meaning "stone water" means ice and "campur" means mixed. It is sweet-tasting and is primarily ice served with sweet flavoured syrup and jelly. The word Kacang is a
Malay word for
bean, and the word "ais" is a transliteration of the English term "ice".
Formerly, it was made of only shaved ice and red beans. Today, ice kacang generally comes in bright colours, and with different fruit cocktails and dressings. Several varieties have also been introduced which contain
aloe vera in some form or another, such as in jelly form. Often, a large serving of attap chee (palm seed),
red beans,
sweetcorn,
grass jelly, cubes of
agar agar and
chendol form the base.
Evaporated milk is drizzled over the mountain of ice. To cater to the palates of the modern customer, some stalls have even introduced novelty toppings like
durian,
chocolate syrup and
ice cream. There are also versions that shun the multi-coloured syrup and are served with just a drizzling of
gula melaka syrup instead.
Many South-East Asian coffee shops, hawker centres and food courts offer this dessert. Ice kacang tends to be patronised by tourists and locals alike.
@ 5:40 PM