''Khanom keson lamchiak'' ( th, ขนมเกสรลำเจียก, ) is a kind of

Thai dessert This is a list of Thai khanom, comprising snacks and desserts that are a part of Thai cuisine. Some of these dishes are also a part of other cuisines. The word "khanom" ( th, ขนม), refers to snack or dessert, presumably being a compound be ...

. It can be considered as a rare and little known dessert. This kind of dessert was often cooked and used in various auspicious occasions in the past. ''Khanom keson lamchiak'' is shaped like a ''

Khanom Tokyo Khanom Tokyo or Khanom Tokiao ( th, ขนมโตเกียว, , ) is a Thai street snack. It is a thin flat pancake filled with sweet custard cream. Some have a savory filling, like pork or sausage. History The snack is believed to have ...

'', that is, it is a thin flat flour filled with sweet cream. ''Khanom keson lamchiak'' has only three ingredients include

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, sugar and coconut. It is cooked using glutinous rice flour mixed with coconut milk, sift through a sieve on hot pan, then filled with glutinous rice flour stirred with coconut and sugar, and roll into a long thin sheet as the final step. If eaten while still hot, will get the aroma of dessert, hence the name ''khanom keson lamchiak'', literally "

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pollen snack" This kind of dessert is assumed to have originated since the early Rattanakosin period. Based on the evidence mentioned in the poem '' Kap He Chom Khrueang Khao Wan'', a work of King

Rama II Phra Phutthaloetla Naphalai ( th, พระพุทธเลิศหล้านภาลัย, 24 February 1767 – 21 July 1824), personal name Chim ( th, ฉิม), also styled as Rama II, was the second monarch of Siam under the Chakri ...

. It is believed that there is a source that is Samut Songkhram, which was his birthplace. Khanom keson lamchiak is also similar to '' Bunga-kuda'', a local dessert of

Satun Satun (, , ms, Setul) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in southern Thailand, capital of the Satun Province. It covers the whole ''tambon'' Phiman of Mueang Satun. Satun lies 985 km south of Bangkok. As of 2005 it has a population of 21,498 ...

and

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. Currently, there are only a few places that still make and sell this kind of dessert, such as Chumchon Khanom Plaek of

Chanthaburi Chanthaburi ( th, จันทบุรี, ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in the east of Thailand, on the banks of the Chanthaburi River. It is the capital of the Chanthaburi Province and the Mueang Chanthaburi District. The town covers t ...

, San Chao Rong Thong Old Market in

Ang Thong Ang Thong ( th, อ่างทอง, ) is a town (''thesaban mueang'') in Thailand, capital of Ang Thong Province. The town covers the entirety of ''tambon'' Talat Luang and Bang Kaeo as well as parts of the tambon Sala Daeng, Ban Hae, Ban It, ...

, and was chosen to be

One Tambon One Product One Tambon One Product (OTOP) is a local entrepreneurship stimulus program designed by Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra during his 2001-2006 Thai Rak Thai government. The program aimed to support locally made and marketed produ ...

(OTOP) of Samut Prakan etc.

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