Bananas and Coconut Milk with Tapioca Pearls

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