A vibrant purple dessert, Ube Halaya is a traditional Filipino treat made with peeled and boiled purple yam or ube along with condensed milk, coconut milk, sugar, and butter.
From the colourful range of Japanese food, Mochi have gained a lot of popularity with their beautiful colours and a wonderful sweet flavour. Traditionally filled with sweet red bean paste, this appetizing Japanese dessert treat is made with glutinous rice flour.
A common dessert treat in Vietnam and China, Fried Sesame Balls or Jian Dui are made with glutinous rice flour and are coated with sesame seeds on the outside. These deep fried treats are thus both crispy and chewy.
Halo-halo is a traditional Filipino shaved ice dessert that's topped with a rainbow of delicious ingredients. The beauty of halo-halo is how easy it is to assemble.
Ma’amoul cookies are a type of Middle Eastern butter cookie that is usually filled with a variety of dried fruits or nuts. Made with semolina flour, the shortbread-like exterior has a slight crunch to it, giving way to a softer filling.
Castella cake, simply referred to as castella, is an impossibly airy and light Japanese sponge cake flavored with honey. It’s humble—never decorated, always loaf-shaped—and so simple.
Like a cross between a milkshake and a smoothie, mango lassi is a simple pleasure: All you need is about equal amounts of sweet mangoes and creamy full-fat yogurt, a little ice, and a high-powered blender to force the two ingredients into one drinkable treat.