Banana in Coconut Milk

Name: Banana in Coconut Milk
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 4 firm bananas, sliced; 2 cups coconut milk; 1/2 cup water; 1/4 cup palm sugar, chopped; 1/2 tsp salt

A comforting dessert made by gently simmering slightly firm bananas in sweet, salted coconut milk.

20 minEasyServes 4210 cal/serving

ThaiDessertStovetopVeganVegetarianHalal-friendlyKosher-styleGluten-FreeNut-FreeDairy-FreeSoy-FreeEgg-FreeShellfish-FreeSesame-FreePork-FreeAlcohol-FreeLow-SodiumNightshade-FreeCorn-Free

Ingredients

4 firm bananas, sliced
2 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup palm sugar, chopped
1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

1

In a saucepan over medium heat, combine 1/2 cup water and 2 cups coconut milk.
2

Add 1/4 cup chopped palm sugar and 1/2 tsp salt, stirring until sugar is fully dissolved.
3

Bring the liquid to a gentle simmer, then stir in 4 sliced firm bananas.
4

Simmer gently for 5 minutes until the fruit is tender, then serve warm or chilled.

Questions

How long does Banana in Coconut Milk keep?

Keep it covered in the refrigerator and eat it within three days.

Can I halve or double Banana in Coconut Milk?

Yes. As written it serves 4. Every ingredient in this entry carries precomputed half and double quantities, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. When doubling on the stovetop, use your widest pan or work in two batches so the food sears instead of steaming.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is a plain-text cooking reference of 3,876 recipes, free to read and cook from, with no account and no paywall. In the app, this entry scales itself: half, standard, or double batch, every quantity recomputed inside the step that uses it. No ads, no life stories, no photos of somebody else's dinner.

The entries are curated and public-domain sourced, written to a fixed template and checked against it: tested quantities, one closed vocabulary of methods, and precomputed half and double batches on every line. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser, instantly. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually, and the first 30 days are free.