Bananas and Coconut Milk with Tapioca Pearls

Chè Chuối Chưng

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    4 to 6

    servings as part of a multi-dish meal
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Southeast Asian Flavors: Adventures in Cooking the Foods of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia & Singapore

By Robert Danhi

Published 2008

  • About

The banana flavor permeates this creamy coconut milk dessert “soup.” This is a very common chè (sweet snack). Using the smaller variety of bananas known as “finger bananas” is ideal, but ripe, yet firm regular (Cavendish) bananas will suffice. Be unbound with your creative license: substitute slices of cooked sweet potato (adding to simmering tapioca after 10 minutes) or even taro in place of bananas for a change. You can serve it still warm, at room temperature, or chilled (the cool