Corny Bean Desert!?!

Although I have enjoyed eating Malaysian food, there are times when I miss familiar foods from home. Living in Texas I eat a lot of Tex-Mex and barbeque, so I eat a lot of beans. I am also not a big fan of green vegetables, so I eat a lot of corn (corn of course, is "the edible vegetable". Beans and corn are not a major part of the Malaysian diet. It is possible to buy little cups of corn at roadside stalls, but neither corn nor beans are ever served as part of a main Malaysian meal.

Instead, beans and corn are found in a popular Malaysian desert!?!

Ice Kachung

Ice kachung (also known as ABC) is a dessert made out of shaved ice. It is sort of like a snow cone. In addition to several types of very sweet syrup, ice kachung contains beans, corn, and some wierd jelly-like gummy worms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ais_kacang

This is not a good example of a normal ice kachung because it has more liquid than normal. The beans and the corn are hidden beneath all of that inpenetrable liquid.


I don't think that red beans or corn should ever be anywhere near to a desert so ice kachungs are not my favorite, but clearly people here love them. Even KFC has gotten on the bandwagon. Are they serving this dessert in Lubbbock yet?