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History
Kanom Piakpoon is an old-fashioned thai sweet. The name Piakpoon came from the ingredient that It has to mix limewater (Nam poon sai) with rice flour and tapioca flour then stir together while it wet (piak). It was adapted from Kalamare but not using fresh coconut milk. There also another story of how it got the name Kanom Piakpoon that came from the shape of rhombus.

Kanom Piakpoon was made from generations also prefer to use in household, festival season and ceremony. Moreover it was sold for make a merit in Buddhist holy day.

In the past, Kanom Piakpoon have plenty in many place and provinces such as Chachoengsao and Chonburi. Moreover it has additional and adapt recipes. Kanom Piakpoon that mostly find is Pandan Piakpoon (green color)

(Kanom Piakpoon ,14 Aug 2012)

(How to become “Kanom Piakpooon”ก่อนจะมาเป็น “ขนมเปียกปูน”, 11 Oct 2012)

Value and Identity of Kanom Piakpoon
The smell of 3 ingredients combine together there are roast coconut coir, Limewater and coconut sugar. Also it rare to find in today because process of making black colors that came from roast coconut coir. It has to grate it finely until roast coconut coir become to powder. ( “ขนมเปียกปูนดำ(ขนมไทย) Kanom Piakpoon”n.d.)

Old-fashioned recipe
Ingredients
 * 1) Rice flour 4 cups


 * 1) Tapioca flour 2 tablespoons


 * 1) Limewater 1 cup


 * 1) Coconut sugar 3 cups


 * 1) Water 8 cups


 * 1) 1 Old coconut


 * 1) 3 Roast coconut coir or sugar palm leaves

How to make Kanom Piakpoon

 * 1) Combine 2 flours together then add limewater and water.


 * 1) Sift roast coconut coir with straining cloth after this mix in flour.


 * 1) Stir flour in a pan until gluey and almost dry for about an hour. (For optional, Stir on charcoal brazier.)


 * 1) Put in a mold and cool down or cut to pieces.


 * 1) Grate coconut into short lines then mix a pinch of salt and sprinkle on top of Kanom Piakpoon.

(คุณสง่า สิงโต Old-fashionedrecipe (ขนมเปียกปูนสูตรโบราณl รักบ้านเกิด) Rakbankerd : SMS เกษตร n.d. )

Different recipes
There have some recipes that use coconut milk and coconut sugar. Many modified recipes that easy to make also adapted for selling and earn money.

Thai Tea Piakpoon
Ingredients
 * 1) Rice flour 2 cups


 * 1) Tapioca flour 2 tablespoons


 * 1) Coconut sugar 1+3/4 cups or 2 cups


 * 1) Coconut milk 1 cup


 * 1) Limewater 4 cups


 * 1) Thai Tea powder 1 pack


 * 1) Vegetable oil for spray mold


 * 1) Water 8 tablespoons


 * 1) Grated coconut 1 ½ cups


 * 1) Salt 1/8 teaspoon

Pandan Piakpoon
Ingredients
 * 1) Rice flour 1 ½ cup


 * 1) Sifted tapioca flour ½ cup


 * 1) Coconut sugar 300 g. (optional)


 * 1) Limewater 2 cups


 * 1) Grated coconut 2 cups


 * 1) Squeezed thick pandanus juice ½ cup


 * 1) Salt 2 teaspoons


 * 1) Undiluted coconut milk 1 cup