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Kolak Pisang Banana Coconut Milk Dessert

Kolak Pisang is a popular Indonesian dessert soup, consisting of bananas boiled in coconut milk, palm sugar, and pandan leaves (screwpine leaf).
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indonesian
Keyword: banana coconut, vegan dessert
Calories: 432kcal
Author: Rose

Ingredients

  • 3 ripe not over ripe cooking bananas, peeled, cut into small pieces ( 3-5 cm)
  • 150 gr palm sugar coconut or brown sugar
  • 1 fresh pandan leaf knotted (optional)
  • 1/4 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 can coconut milk
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  • 1 tablespoon rice flour

Instructions

  • Palm Sugar: Roughly cut or shave the palm sugar. (it makes it dissolve faster)
  • Coconut Milk: Put the sugar and coconut milk in a cooking pot.
  • Cook: Heat on medium until it simmers.
  • Spices: Then add the cinnamon stick, salt, and pandan leaf reduce the heat to medium low Stir the indonesian dessert regularly during the cooking process. And make sure all the sugar dissolves (this can take up to 6 minutes depending on how fine you have cut the sugar)
  • Thicken: Using The Rice flour add 2 tablespoons of water and mix well - then add it to the creamy sweet coconut milk to thicken it stirring well. Bring back to a low boil or simmer for 3 minutes to cook out the rice flour.
  • Taste: Taste for sweetness
  • Plate-up: You are now ready to serve.

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Notes

We served this with a "sticky rice" - but also drizzled over ice cream is great also.

Nutrition

Calories: 432kcal