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Banana Coconut Pudding
Soft baby bananas in sweet coconut milk scented with pandan.

About Banana Coconut Pudding
Pailin Chongchitnant presents coconut-poached bananas as rustic Thai home cooking remembered from her grandmother. This baby-banana version pairs ripe gluay kai with coconut milk and pandan.
Sugar sweetens the coconut liquid, with salt balancing its richness. Pandan contributes its aroma to the simple combination, while the baby bananas have the soft, sweet, juicy character described by the author.
The softened bananas remain distinct pieces in their coconut sauce. The dessert is served warm, with the fruit resting in the liquid before it reaches the table.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
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Ingredients in Banana Coconut Pudding
Pailin Chongchitnant’s Thai grandma-style coconut-poached baby bananas.
- Ripe baby bananas (gluay kai)Base
- Coconut milkLiquid
- WaterLiquid
- SugarSweetener
- SaltSeasoning
- Pandan leafAromatic
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Ripe baby bananas (gluay kai): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader banana link; exact baby cultivar, not namwa whose method differs52.
- Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Required sauce with conditional additional same milk57, product unknown.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Required dilution and conditional same-water top-up57.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pandan leaf: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Thailand
- NauruCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Thai Cuisine
- Nauruan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.