Chestnuts

black grass jelly powder • sugar (about 300 grams) • water chestnuts (about 200 grams) • tapioca starch (about 200 grams) • Butterfly pea flower water for coloring • coconut milk (about 300 ml) • unsweetened milk (about 100 ml)

aloe vera • (about 1/2 cup) rock sugar • dried blackberries • dried longan • seaweed (Irish moss or kanten) • Job's tears (pearl barley) • water chestnuts • chia seeds

black grass jelly • tapioca starch (about 300 grams) • water chestnuts (about 200 grams) • hulled mung beans (about 100 grams) • Green, purple, and yellow food coloring • Purple sweet potato leaves (or purple coloring) • pandan leaf • coconut milk (about 500 ml) • sugar (about 500 grams)

grass jelly powder • water (800-900 ml) • sugar (50 g) • shredded coconut, squeezed for milk and pulp to get 1 3/4 cups (400 g coconut for milk, 1 3/4 cups (450 ml) total) • salt • sugar (60 g) • tapioca starch (10 g) • unsweetened milk (150 ml) • rice flour or arrowroot starch (10 g) • Pandan leaves (or 1 packet vanilla) • chia or basil seeds, soaked in hot water until expanded • cooked black beans or red beans, softened in a pressure cooker (250 g) •

pork bones (for broth) (400 grams) • roasted yellow onion + 1 daikon radish • Choy sum, cut into bite-sized pieces, blanched • ground pork (1.1 lbs lean + 0.66 lbs with fat) (800 grams: 500g lean, 300g fatty) • –14 oz fish paste (cá thác lác) (300–400 grams) • Chopped water chestnuts (for a crunchy texture) • Chopped shallots • Chopped green onions • Wood ear mushrooms, soaked and chopped • Black pepper, chicken bouillon powder, sugar, vegetable oil • wonton wrappers

meaty beef ribs • For the sauce: onion, pear, kiwi or a bit of pineapple, and minced garlic • Vegetables for braising as you like. I use potatoes, carrots, lotus seeds, and chestnuts, which go well together 👍🏻 • Soy sauce, sugar, 3/4 cup light white wine (such as soju)

unsweetened whole milk (about 1.2 liters) • half and half (about 500 ml) • cream cheese wedges (8 pieces, such as The Laughing Cow) • gelatin (7 grams each) • agar powder (10 grams) • granulated sugar (about 80 grams) • dried butterfly pea flowers (about 10 grams) • pomegranate, seeds removed • instant coffee powder (about 10 grams) • dried longan • roasted chestnuts (about 100 grams) • chia seeds •

longan • lotus seeds • water chestnuts • chia seeds • young coconut • aloe vera • rock sugar (100 grams)

water chestnuts (about 7 ounces) • tapioca starch (about 120 grams) • granulated sugar (about 170 grams) • pandan leaves • small container gac fruit paste (or fresh gac fruit) • small bowl coconut milk • small bowl lotus seeds or candied lotus seeds • small bowl shredded young coconut • small bowl toasted sesame seeds and roasted peanuts • ginger

butter (50 grams) • marshmallows (100 grams) • mixed nuts: cashews, pumpkin seeds, chestnuts, almonds, fresh rose petals (100 grams) • unsweetened milk powder (25 grams) • Candy wrappers

aloe vera • ginkgo nuts (about 100 grams) • split mung beans (about 200 grams) • dried jujube (red dates) and dried plums • water chestnuts, sliced • granulated sugar (about 200 grams) • cold water (about 1.5 liters)