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Bua loi Bua Loi (Thai: บัวลอย) also known as "Thai rice balls in coconut cream", is one of the traditional Thai desserts. It is made from glutinous rice flour, thick coconut milk, water, sugar and salt.[1] The various colors of small rice balls are made from natural colors for example, blue from butterfly pea, green from pandan etc. Some recipes add more toppings, such as an egg boiled in syrup, coconut flesh, taro flesh etc. At first, Bua Loi was popped rice in coconut milk. It was in a group of four desserts traditionally served in a feast which included Kai Kob (ไข่กบ), Nok Ploi (นกปล่อย), Bua Loi (บัวลอย) and Aye Tue (อ้ายตื้อ).[2] All of them were served in coconut milk.

Meaning In Thai, the word bua means “lotus” and loi means “float”. So, Bua Loi means floating lotus. It is believed that if you eat Bua Loi, you will be blessed.

Preparation Bua Loi is rice balls served in a warm coconut cream. It is prepared from two parts. The first part is a dough. The second part is a coconut cream. Dough 1.	Mix the flour with water. 2.	Knead it into a soft dough. 3.	Roll the dough into small balls. 4.	Boil the water. Put the small balls of dough in boiling water. Boil until they float to the surface of the water. Coconut cream 1.	Mix coconut milk with sugar and salt. 2.	Heat the coconut cream.