Luk chup: Marzipan, Thai style

by Joe DiStefano, Posted Aug 31st 2006 @ 5:32PM

If the fruits and vegetables shown here don't look quite real, it's because they're not. They're marzipan. To be precise they're not really marzipan either, there's no almond paste in them. What they are is luk chup a Thai dessert whose name translates as "dipped fruits"

I picked up this assortment from a Thai grocery in my native Queens. These jewel-toned morsels are made from a mixture of mung bean, sugar and coconut milk. They're coated with a thick jelly that forms a skin on the fruit. The bright colors come from natural pigments like turmeric for yellow and screwpine for green. To be honest I didn't real find luk chup that tasty. Perhaps I need to revisit them.

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Filed Under: Food Oddities, Ingredients
Tags: asia, candy, dessert, fruit, luk chup, LukChup, marzipan, mung bean, MungBean, nuts, oddities, seeds, sugar, Thai dessert, Thai desserts, ThaiDessert, ThaiDesserts, Thailand, vegetables

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9-02-2006 @12:24PM Eddie Khoo said... Hello there,

Luk chup taste better if mixed with other thai desserts.
Folks in south east asia here drops Luk chups into sweet 'soup/stew' like Bubur Chacha, Red/Green bean soup and/or shaved iced topped with syrups etc.

:-) Should consider checking with the folks in/around Thailand on the best way to eat it.
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