A FOODIE'S TAKE ON...a bowl of sweet, cold cendol

omg...it's been sweltering hot these past few days. so, nothing cools me down better than a bowl of this sweet and yummy cendol. hmm, i'm reminiscing here; the sweetness, milkiness, the icy-cold...the colour. a party of sensations for the tongue and eyes. 

Extra info: 
Cendol (pronounced /ˈtʃɛndɒl/) is a traditional dessert originating from South East Asia which is still popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,Vietnam, Philippines and Southern Thailand.


There is popular belief in Indonesia that the name "cendol" is related to and originated from the word jendol; in Javanese, Sundanese and Indonesian language it means "bump" or "bulge", it refer to bumpy sensations of the green worm-like jelly passed through the mouth during drinking es cendol. In Malaysia, some cendol maker have been selling cendol for past three generation, since 1920th until now.


The dessert's basic ingredients consist of coconut milk, a worm-like jelly made from rice flour with green food coloring (usually derived from the pandan leaf), shaved ice and palm sugar. Next to these basic recipe, other ingredients such as red beans, glutinous rice, grass jelly, creamed corn, might also included.