Khanom Met Khanoon (Sweet Jackfruit Seeds)

The taste is very sweet. Met Khanoon means "seed of jackfruit" which is what it resembles. At a wedding, Met Khanoon symbolizes that whatever bride and groom do in life, they will have the support of others, and never lose sight of their dreams.

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups green mungbean, peeled, steamed and finely grinded
• 250 ml. coconut milk
• 3 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 cups jasmin scented water
• 8 egg yolk
  

PREPARATION:

• Mix coconut milk with green mungbean, 3/4 cups of sugar.
• Boil on meduim heat, stir until thick.
• Lower the heat. Stir until thick and able to shape. Turn off the heat. Let it cool.
• Mold into oval-shaped ball.
• Mix sugar, left, with jasmin scented water.
• Medium heat until melten.
• Filter and heat again, use low heating, in a brass pan.
• Simmer until thick. Remove from the stove.
• Put the mungbean balls in the bowl of red egg yolk. Apply throughly.
• Put all balls in the pan of syrup.
• Boil on low heat until the egg is cooked.
• Let it cool.