166 | Culture Ways of Life and Wisdom
How to make Krayasat starts from roasting shredded rice and
popped rice mixed with peanuts and sesame seeds, then stirring them
with sugar cane juice over a light fire. Honey and sugar may be added
dependent on local recipes. When the mixture becomes sticky and
adhered together, it can be eaten in a bar or put in a mold before
cutting it into pieces. Sometimes Krayasat is eaten with ripen golden
banana because of banana season. Alternatively, it could be topped
with scraped coconut for more flavors.
“It is believed that Krayasat
is originated from the
making of Khao Mathupayat,
which Thai people adopted
from the Buddhist legend
that Nang Suchada cooked
Khao Mathupayat by mixing
rice with sugar and milk
as an offering to the Lord
Buddha.”