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Course | Dessert |
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Place of origin | Hong Kong |
Region or state | Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and southern China |
Serving temperature | Cold |
Main ingredients | Agar or gelatin, mangoes, evaporated milk, sugar |
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Chinese | 1. 芒果布丁 2. 芒果布甸 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Mango pudding | ||||||||||
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Mango pudding is a popular dessert in Hong Kong. [1] [2] There is very little variation between the regional mango pudding's preparation. The dessert is also found in Singapore,Malaysia,Thailand,Macau and is often served as dim sum in Chinese restaurants. [3] The fresh variant is prepared by the restaurant or eatery and consists of agar or gelatin,mangoes,evaporated milk,and sugar. [4] In addition,fresh fruit such as mango,strawberries,berries and kiwifruit,are occasionally added as garnish. Served and eaten refrigerator cold,mango pudding has a rich and creamy texture.
Some Chinese restaurants make the mango pudding in fish shape because goldfish or koi expresses good luck in Chinese culture. [5]
Outside of dim sum and other restaurants,mango pudding can also be purchased at most Asian grocery stores or supermarkets. They can be purchased as a powder,which requires the addition of boiling milk or water to the powder,or in ready-to-eat portions.[ citation needed ]
Factory-made mango pudding does not contain fresh mangoes and instead,consists of mango essence and either gelatin or agar.[ citation needed ]