Es Teler (Indonesian Drunk Ice)

This is my ninth offering in the 2025 Alphabet Challenge, our second year of working our way through the alphabet with recipes. We post every other week for the entire alphabet and this is year two. Thanks for starting this series, Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm

Though the name means 'drunk ice', there is no alcohol in this. I have' no idea why it's called 'drunk'!s

I is for...

• Es Teler (Indonesian Drunk Ice) by Culinary Cam (you're here)

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• Ice Apple Salad by Mayuri’s Jikoni

• Ice Cream Wafflewiches by Jolene’s Recipe Journal

• Iced Gems by Karen’s Kitchen Stories

• Instant Urad Dal Flour & Rava Medhu Vadas by Sneha’s Recipe

• Irish Colcannon Mac and Cheese by A Messy Kitchen

• Italian Chopped Salad by Blogghetti

• Italian Ice by A Day in the Life on the Farm

• Sun-Dried Tomato & Kale Italian Pasta Salad by Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice

Es Teler (Indonesian Drunk Ice)

Es Teler is a basically an iced dessert topped with tropical fruits such as avocado, coconut, jackfruit, and drizzle of condensed milk. It's called es kachang in Malaysia and es campur in Indonesia.

It's very similar to one of our Filipino favorites Halo-Halo (photographed above), which means 'mix-mix' in Tagalog. While all of those desserts use shave ice, we usually add even more tropical flair by using exotic ice cream flavor. For this es teler I opted for a black sesame and a young coconut ice cream.

• ice cream or shave ice

• avocado

• tropical fruits (young coconut strands, jackfruit, lychee, ube)

• condensed milk for serving

• optional red or black beans, grass jelly cubes, tapioca balls

Layer your ingredients into a glass or spoon into individual serving bowls. Drizzle with condensed milk. Serve immediately.

Just to inspire you to cook through the alphabet. Here's some inspiration!

This Time Last Year...

My posts are below with links to everyone else's recipes. I skipped letter 'F' apparently. Enjoy!

• A Reclaimed Æbleskiver Pan + Æbleskiver Bread Pudding

• Börek with a California Twist

• Crab-Stuffed Ravioli

• Dark Chocolate-Juniper Panna Cotta

• Elderflower & Roasted Strawberry Layer Cake

• Aïgo Bouido (Provençal Garlic Soup)

• Halva with Fiori di Sicilia

• I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Saffron-Cardamom Ice Cream

So Far This Year...

Again: my posts are below with links to everyone else's recipes.

• The Polarizing Anchovy + Egg Salad Niçoise

• A Belated Birthday Bûche De Noël (Yule Log)

• Lemon Lavender Blackberry Cake

• Gluten-Free Crystal Dumplings in Noodle Soup

• A Dozen Eggs - Stuffed, Scotch, Curried, and More

• Fig Leaf-Wrapped Cheese

• Garlicky Fregola with Edamame, Mint, and Ricotta

• Huckleberry & Earl Grey Tea Cakes

That's a wrap for my offering for the letter 'i'. We will be back in two weeks with the letter 'j'. Stay tuned!