Cendol [pronounced ‘chen-doll’] or es cendol is a traditional dessert originating from Java[citation needed], Indonesia, but is also popular in Malaysia, Singapore, and Southern Thailand (where it is called lorkchorng singapore ???????????????). The dessert’s basic ingredients consist of shaved ice, coconut milk, starch noodles with green food coloring (usually sourced from the pandan leaf), and palm sugar. Red beans, glutinous rice, grass jelly, and creamed corn are optional additions. Cendol has become a quintessential part of cuisine among the multi-racial population in Southeast Asia and is often sold by vendors at roadsides, hawker centres and food courts.
is kacang or ice kacang (Chinese: ???; 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 cendol 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.
Although these two delicious and sweet-tasting drinks are a favourite drinks during a hot day and while breaking their fast during Ramadan.
It should be noted these sweet-tasting drinks are actually not good for health due to the high level of sugar content.
Once a while…..ok lah but DON’T MAKE IT A HABIT.
