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glutinous rice flour (about 14 ounces or 400 grams) • Palm sugar or brown sugar • Toasted sesame seeds • Butterfly pea flowers, beetroot powder, matcha powder • Rock sugar • Tapioca starch • small piece of ginger

garlic chive blossoms (500 grams) • garlic • small bowl ground pork

(about 7 oz/200 g) salmon • garland chrysanthemum or spinach • cooked sushi rice (about 18 oz/510 g) • mayonnaise • chili soy sauce • toasted white sesame seeds • large sheet roasted seaweed for kimbap

chrysanthemum greens (tần ô, also called garland chrysanthemum) • eggs, as desired • good-quality fish sauce (30 ml) • Thai chili pepper • garlic

Butterfly pea flowers • Orange • Sugar • Ice

dried butterfly pea flowers • Fragrant rice • quinoa • gac oil

lotus seeds (about 300 grams) • mixed dried persimmons, red dates, goji berries, and seaweed (about 150 grams total) • palm sugar (about 200 grams) • agar agar powder (about 10 grams) • coconut milk (about 13.5 ounces or 400 ml) • granulated sugar (about 70 grams) • dried butterfly pea flowers (about 10 grams) • lemon

pork shoulder (about 300 grams) • char siu seasoning • rice paper wrappers • lettuce • small basket mixed fresh herbs • nasturtium leaves and flowers • hot water • brown sugar • good-quality fish sauce • rice vinegar • lime juice • Thai chili peppers •

jasmine rice (about 1 kg) • hulled mung beans (about 50 g) • sea shrimp (about 300 g) • beef (about 300 g) • quail eggs or use small chicken eggs • garlic chives • green onions (about 300 g) • bean sprouts (about 1 kg) • enoki mushrooms • beefsteak tomatoes • pineapple • red chili peppers (adjust to taste), garlic, fresh coconut water, lime •

pasta (about 90 grams) • large tomato • Parmesan cheese • wine • Salt and pepper • canned tuna • small amount of chrysanthemum greens • small amount of crushed garlic • small amount of olive oil

sweet potato, purple or white • Vegetable oil

🍎Filling: • sugar (250 g) • vegetable oil (100 g) • all-purpose flour (50 g) • cooked glutinous rice flour (10 g) • durian (100–300 g; I used 10 1/2 oz/300 g) • cooked, hulled mung beans (500 g; from 1 cup/200 g dried, hulled mung beans) • salted egg yolks • 🍎Dough: • all-purpose flour (500 g) • mooncake syrup (360 g) • egg yolks •

pork belly (about 500 grams) • fresh ginger • lemongrass • shallots • garlic • fish sauce • salt • ground black pepper • chicken bouillon powder • For the dipping sauce: • Fish sauce • Water •

whole chicken (about 2.2 lbs or 1 kg) • pork belly • shallots • small shallots (also called 'hanh cham' in the North, used for their aromatic flavor) • peanut oil (or other neutral oil) • small bowl roasted peanuts, roughly crushed • small stalk lemongrass • annatto oil • Mi Quang noodles (wide rice noodles) • crispy rice crackers (banh trang nuong) • green chili, lime, assorted fresh herbs (lettuce, shredded banana blossom, Thai basil, shredded cabbage, garlic chives, etc.), scallions, cilantro • seasonings: chicken bouillon powder, fish sauce, salt, chili paste, sugar, black pepper, fish sauce

Butter, all-purpose flour, almond flour, powdered sugar, eggs, salt • heavy whipping cream • Fruit • Food coloring

For the dough: • glutinous rice flour (about 400 grams) • magenta plant water (about 50 ml) • butterfly pea flower water (about 50 ml) • beet juice (about 50 ml) • gardenia seed water (about 50 ml) • warm water, about 104°F (about 50 ml) • For the filling: • split mung beans, hulled (about 300 grams) • granulated sugar (about 200 grams) • For the ginger syrup: • water (about 500 ml) •

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)

toasted sesame seeds (about 50 grams) • shredded coconut (about 50 grams) • coconut milk (about 100 ml) • little tapioca starch and a pinch of salt • split mung beans, hulled (about 150 grams) • granulated sugar (about 50 grams) • salt • coconut milk (about 40 ml) • vanilla extract • glutinous rice flour (about 400 grams) • warm water or warm coconut milk (about 150 ml) • red-fleshed dragon fruit •

glutinous rice flour (about 500 grams) • rice flour (about 50 grams) • vanilla extract • sesame seeds (about 20 grams) • Jaggery or brown sugar, cut into small • White: the natural color of the dough • Red: gấc fruit, beetroot, or raspberries (if available) • Green: pandan leaves or matcha powder • Blue: butterfly pea flowers • Purple: magenta plant leaves, blueberries, or purple cabbage • If you have time, use natural colors from vegetables and fruits. In this recipe, I used vegetable powders, which give a nice, natural color and aroma. The colors are light at first but become vibrant after boiling

glutinous rice flour (about 3/4 cup) • tapioca starch, divided (about 1 tablespoon; use 10 grams [2 teaspoons] for the dough, 5 grams [1 teaspoon] for the syrup) • Hulled mung beans (about 3 tablespoons) • short pieces of sugarcane (if your child is over 1 year old, you can use palm sugar instead) • carrot, gac fruit (or red beet), 4-5 sweet mustard greens leaves, 4-5 butterfly pea flowers, 1 purple sweet potato • ginger

tapioca starch (about 250 grams) • rice flour (about 70 grams) • split mung beans, hulled (about 70 grams) • sugar (about 150 grams) • coconut milk (about 100 ml) • whole milk (about 50 ml) • pandan leaves • small handful of magenta plant leaves • fresh butterfly pea flowers

Rose HanBe cream powder (50g) • Korean chili paste (Gochujang) • –1 cup dried fish broth (or water) (200–250 ml) • unsweetened milk (100 ml) • minced garlic • sesame oil • Hanbe cheese-filled topokki rice cakes • Toppings of your choice

purple taro (about 1 kg) • butterfly pea flowers • rock sugar (about 250 grams) • coconut milk, 2/3 cup (160 ml)

Braised pork belly with fermented shrimp paste • Boiled vegetables • Chrysanthemum greens soup with ground pork • Mango • Cake

glutinous rice flour (about 4 cups) • turmeric powder • matcha (green tea) powder • Beetroot • Purple cabbage (for a prettier color, use butterfly pea flowers instead) • split mung beans, peeled (about 1 1/2 cups) • brown sugar • Toasted white sesame seeds

cleaned pigeons (about 10.5–12.5 oz/300–350 grams each after cleaning) • white rice • glutinous rice • (80–90 grams) split mung beans • lotus seeds • Codonopsis root, goji berries, Job's tears (optional) • sweet corn • enoki mushrooms; 3-4 fresh shiitake mushrooms • Pork leg bones or chicken broth or chicken feet • Sugar, vinegar, fish sauce, MSG, oyster sauce, dried shallots, dried garlic • Hot pot add-ins: tofu, chrysanthemum greens, watercress, mustard greens, enoki mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, crispy fried dough sticks, and any other vegetables or mushrooms your family likes

pineapple • lemongrass • chili peppers • coconuts • Eggplant, water mimosa, water lily stem, water spinach, bean sprouts, banana blossom, chives, sesbania flowers • little tamarind for making tamarind sauce • Pork belly or roast pork • Basa fish, shrimp, squid (adjust amounts based on your family size)

shrimp (200 grams) • pork liver (200 grams) • pork intestines (200 grams) • ground pork (200 grams) • pork bones (1 kilogram) • quail eggs • Garland chrysanthemum (tần ô) • Chives • Bean sprouts • Minced garlic

Mi Quang noodles, grilled rice paper, roasted peanuts • Snakehead fish (or substitute with another firm white fish) • Seasonings: shallots, garlic chives (or substitute with extra shallots), fresh turmeric, chili powder, black pepper, fish sauce, salt, sugar • Fresh herbs: baby mustard greens, spearmint, banana blossom, Vietnamese balm (or substitute with mint), fish mint (or substitute with cilantro) • Fish sauce with minced garlic and chili

tapioca starch (about 40 grams) • colored water (about 30 ml) (purple from magenta plant leaves, green from matcha or pandan leaves, blue from butterfly pea flowers, white from coconut milk, pink from strawberry powder) • coconut milk (about 30 ml) • rice flour (about 10 grams) • sugar (about 20 grams) • cooked mung beans (about 100 grams) • coconut milk (about 200 ml) • tapioca starch (about 120 grams) • sugar (about 120 grams)