Tapioca and Coconut Creams

One of my favorite sweets, this delicate confection of tapioca flour, sugar and coconut milk literally slides down the throat almost without swallowing. Some versions are perfumed with Bai Toey Hom, the pounded leaves of Pandanus (screw pine leaf; see Appendixes, Glossary), while others are scented with jasmine or rosewater. Takaw Haeo, one version, is ornamented with chopped water chestnuts, while yet another version, Takaw Kao Pot, inclu