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The invention of gelatin powders in the 19th century resulted in the popularization of jellies, some of which involved combining alcohol with gelatin; famed bartender Jerry Thomas included a recipe for a "punch jelly" in his 1862 work How to Mix Drinks that called for adding isinglass gelatin to a bowl of fruit punch spiked with cognac and rum.
Cendol / ˈ tʃ ɛ n d ɒ l / is an iced sweet dessert that contains pandan-flavoured green rice flour jelly, [1] coconut milk, and palm sugar syrup. [2] It is popular in the Southeast Asian nations of Indonesia, [3] Malaysia, [4] Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, and Myanmar.
The formula is said to include 130 herbs, plants and flowers and secret ingredients combined in a wine alcohol base. [6] The recipe was further enhanced in 1737 by Brother Gérome Maubec. The beverage soon became popular, and in 1764 the monks adapted the elixir recipe to make what is now called the "Elixir Végétal de la Grande Chartreuse". [6]
Coconut milk is also used in hot drinks such as bandrek and bajigur, two popular drinks from Indonesia. Sweetened coconut milk, and coconut milk diluted with water are two popular coconut beverages in southern China and Taiwan. The jelly-like pulp from the inside of the coconut is often added to coconut water to make a tropical drink.
Grass jelly, also known as leaf jelly or herb jelly, is a jelly-like dessert originating in China. It is commonly consumed in East Asia and Southeast Asia . It is created by using Chinese mesona (a member of the mint family ) and has a mild, slightly bitter taste.
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A smash is a casual icy julep (spirits, sugar, and herb) [32] cocktail filled with hunks of fresh fruit, so that after the liquid part of the drink has been consumed, one can also eat the alcohol-infused fruit (e.g. strawberries). The history of smashes goes back at least as far as the 1862 book How to Mix Drinks. [33]
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