Rakib AhamedAIS KACANG
October 31st 2010 12:38
Category: LOCAL CUISINE
Ais Kacang (Shaved Ice Dessert) - a favorite local dessert, also called ABC. Sweet red beans, agar agar [seaweed jelly], barley pearls, sweet corn and fruits are covered with shaved ice, then laced with rose syrup, brown sugar syrup and sweetened condensed milk. Great summer cooler!
It is also popularly known as air batu campur in Malay or ABC for short and is the Southeast Asian version of a snow cone. The term "air batu," literally translated as "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 as well as nuts, and the word "ais" is a transliteration of the English term "ice."
Traditionally a special ice machine is used to churn out the shaved ice used in the dessert.
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, those of which contain aloe vera in one form or another (e.g. jelly). Often, a large serving of attap chee (palm seed), red beans, sweet corn, grass jelly, cubes of agar agar and cendol form the base. Evaporated milk, condensed milk, or coconut milk is drizzled over the mountain of ice. To cater to the palates of the modern customer, some stalls have even introduced novelty toppings such as 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.
Many South-East Asian coffee shops, hawker centres and food courts offer this dessert.
HOW TO MAKE IT?
Mix the beans, corn, jelly beans, peanuts and nutmeg in a small serving bowl.
Add a scoop of shaved ice over the mixture.
Pour the fruit syrup over the top of the ice. You can use more than one kind of fruit syrup.
Pour the evaporated milk over the ice.
Serve immediately before the ice melts.
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