Thai Red Rubies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
30 water chestnuts
3 drops red food coloring
3/4 cup tapioca flour
2 1/2 cups coconut milk
rose essence or jasmine essence

Preparation

For sugar syrup ---------------.
Dissolve sugar in water by bringing it to a boil.
This takes about 1 minute.
Then remove and chill in the fridge.
For the water chestnuts -------.
Peel the skin from the water chestnuts.
Diced them into small cubes about 3 to 5 by 3 to 5mm. Mix the diced water chestnuts with red food colouring.
(Not too big or too small) Add the diced water chestnuts into a plastic bag of tapioca flour and shake well to cover them with flour.
Pour the water chestnuts from the bag into a sieve.
Sieve away the excess flour.
Boil water in a saucepan.
Pour the water chestnuts into the boiling water and simmer for just 2 minute.
Remove and drain the water chestnuts.
Allow it to cool in iced water.
For serving --------------------.
Combine the sugar syrup, coconut milk and rose or jasmine essence.
Scoop a couple of spoonfuls of the water chestnuts into each dessert serving glass bowl and fill it with coconut milk mixture.
Add some ice cubes into the bowl and serve immediately.