Chilled Fruit Cocktail in Coconut Soup

Khanom Ruam Mitt

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Family Thai: Bringing the Flavors of Thailand Home

By Arnold Myint

Published 2025

  • About

The word ruam means “together,” and this customizable dish assembles a bunch of fun components: jewel-toned water chestnuts coated in a sticky cornstarch batter, bright yellow slices of jackfruit, and colorful jellies and fruits. You can make it your own by adding or omitting whatever sweets you like. It’s essentially a Thai fruit cocktail enhanced with refreshing coconut milk. And when packed in to-go plastic bags with floating ice cubes, it really feels like something you’d get fro