Pat means Sweet Red Bean and Bingsu means Shaved Ice.
That’s all you really need to know because beyond that, you squish in what fits in. I tumbled in chunks of fruit that happened to be on sale at my market. You can literally add whatever you want to. Chocolate/Peanut Butter, Liquid Cheesecake, Guava Syrup, Crunchy Cereals, Crumbled Cookies, Toasted Nuts/Coconuts, Lychee…whatever!
It’s such a popular dessert in Korea and maybe so because it gets H.O.T! Not to mention, there’s so much walking to be done, lol. Whenever I visit Korea, I gain about 20 lbs because I’m going pretty hard on all the exciting, stimulating flavors happening all over the place and lose it right back because of the heat + active spirit of everyone around you.
The first thing you’ll want to do is prepare your Mochi. You can omit the Coffee for Water if you don’t want a “Mocha flavor.” Also, roll your dough in Powdered Sugar, not Wheat Starch/Corn Starch. Leave them unfilled and cut them up into bits, instead. (Cooling your dough helps a great deal in handling it).
- 2 c Shaved Ice
- ¼-1/2 c each of any Fresh Fruit
- ¼ c Sweetened Red Beans (not paste)
- ¼ c Sticky Rice Cake Bites or Mochi
- 2-4 tb Sweetened Condensed Milk
- In a serving dish, layer all of your ingredients together.
- Finish off with a generous drizzle of Sweetened Condensed Milk.
- Mix the whole thing together before eating.
My Dad had like, 6 servings of this. Fortunately, I guess we’re wired to be immune to brain freezes.
Confession #567, I’ve never had a brain freeze and don’t even know what they feel like.
Hope y’all are staying cool!
XOXO
Your Squishy Monster
