Jennifer Brennan

Bananas in Coconut Milk

Kluay Buat Chee

Preparation info

  • 4 to 5

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Original Thai Cookbook
The Original Thai Cookbook

By Jennifer Brennan

Published 1981

  • About

This dish is not widely known to foreigners, even those in Thailand. Among the Thai it is seldom served to guests. Siamese Buddhist nuns dress in white, from whence comes the Thai name for the dish, Kluay Buat Chee; exactly translated: Nun Bananas.

Ingredients

5 ripe bananas, peeled and quartered
1½ cups

Method

In a 2-quart coated saucepan, place all the ingredients except the mung beans. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 2 minutes. Pour into a serving dish and sprinkle with mung beans. Serve warm or chilled.