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Pengat pisang (banana in coconut milk)

Ripe bananas simmered in coconut milk sweetened with palm sugar, lightly thickened with tapioca. A soft, fragrant dessert served warm or cold, much loved at the end of a meal.

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Instructions

  1. Peel the bananas and cut them into 4 cm pieces.
  2. In a saucepan, heat the coconut milk with the palm sugar, pandan and salt until the sugar dissolves.
  3. Add the tapioca and cook for 5 minutes, stirring so it softens.
  4. Add the bananas to the coconut milk and cook for 8 to 10 minutes over low heat, without mashing them.
  5. Remove the pandan and serve warm or cold, in bowls.

Variations and tips

Softer version. Mash some of the bananas to thicken the sauce.

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Original Ecomely recipe.