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Hi there,
Back in 1992, my friend in the Vietnamese club at school invited me to go down to Orange County, CA for the Tet celebration. I don't remember all of it, but I do remember a sweet we got from a street vendor. It was like a mixture between mashed potatoes and tapioca pudding.
It was purple in color, probably from purple yams (?), plaintain and tapioca.
I've looked at the Vietnamese restaurants here in Las Vegas and at some of the Pho places I've eaten and never seen it again. I've even tried to describe it to store owners of the restaurants and no one seems to know what I am taking about.
I was hoping someone here might know what I am talking about and might be able to direct me in the correct direction. Please help?
Thanks!
Back in 1992, my friend in the Vietnamese club at school invited me to go down to Orange County, CA for the Tet celebration. I don't remember all of it, but I do remember a sweet we got from a street vendor. It was like a mixture between mashed potatoes and tapioca pudding.
It was purple in color, probably from purple yams (?), plaintain and tapioca.
I've looked at the Vietnamese restaurants here in Las Vegas and at some of the Pho places I've eaten and never seen it again. I've even tried to describe it to store owners of the restaurants and no one seems to know what I am taking about.
I was hoping someone here might know what I am talking about and might be able to direct me in the correct direction. Please help?
Thanks!
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Re: Vietnamese street dessert
Sat, December 9, 2006 - 8:53 AM>>>It was purple in color, probably from purple yams (?), plaintain and tapioca.<<<
Are you sure it wasn't the color of sweet red beans
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Re: Vietnamese street dessert
Sat, December 9, 2006 - 10:06 AMsounds philipino to me.
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Re: Vietnamese street dessert
Sat, December 9, 2006 - 11:20 AM"purple yams" = taro. :)
VN dessert is called "che" pronounced "ch-eah" (rhymes with "Yeah!") and the name pretty much covers several different kinds of dessert. Most che has coconut milk, tapioca (my fave is tapioca covered chopped water chestnuts), agar, taro, mung bean, black bean, even corn! In Orange County there's dessert shops that sell just che - mine and my sweetie's favorite is "che ba mao" which means che with three colors. Here's a site I found describing several different kinds of che. elmomonster.blogspot.com/2006/...i.html
Here's a recipe for one very similar to what I think you had, but it has banana instead of taro. My mom makes a really yummy taro che, but I've never made it myself. www.vietworldkitchen.com/recip...oi.htm
Here's an article on VN food carts selling che. www.thefoodsection.com/foodse...ts.html -
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Re: Vietnamese street dessert
Sat, December 9, 2006 - 4:44 PMThat's it! Yes!! Thank you, I believe now, after reading these it may have been a Che made with Taro, bananas/plaintains, tapioca, coconut milk, corn and agar agar. Sounds about right. Thank you. I'll try your recipe sometime. I really appreciate it!
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