{"id":29696,"title":"Ch\u00e8 Chu\u1ed1i – Bananas with Coconut Milk and Tapioca","modified":"2025-02-12T10:25:47+01:00","plain":"This Vietnamese dessert made with coconut milk, deliciously rich and creamy, will be ideal to satisfy your sweet cravings or to serve as a surprising dessert to crown a worthy Asian meal\n\n\n\nWhat is Ch\u00e8 Chu\u1ed1i?\n\n\n\nAs usual with Vietnamese dishes, I love to start by breaking down the name. Chu\u1ed1i means banana and Ch\u00e8 is simply an umbrella term for sweet \u201csoups\u201d. Well, to the extent that things like puddings can be called \u201csoups\u201d.   \n\n\n\nTangyuan follow this principle, even though they are part of Chinese cuisine\n\n\n\nIn short, you get it, if it's quickly made liquid, creamy and sweet: congratulations, you have a Ch\u00e8 in front of you.\n\n\n\nIn Vietnam, ch\u00e8 chu\u1ed1i is always prepared with chu\u1ed1i xi\u00eam bananas (pisang awak), more delicate and slightly tangy than the Cavendish we find here, and which hold up better during cooking. \n\n\n\nBanh bo nuong is another delicious Vietnamese dessert\n\n\n\nAvailable frozen in Asian grocery stores, they can withstand repeated reheating, unlike Cavendish bananas which decompose quickly.\n\n\n\nIf you can't find them, use very ripe plantains (with black-spotted skin), which are sweeter and less aromatic. To enhance their flavor, marinate them in sugar before adding them to the coconut milk. But hey, if you use normal bananas it will still be good.  \n\n\n\nFor a Korean dessert, discover the recipe for hotteoks\n\n\n\nCh\u00e8 chu\u1ed1i, rich, creamy and not too sweet, is enjoyed hot or warm, sprinkled with roasted peanuts. It's an ideal sweet snack or a good fragrant dessert at the end of a meal. \n\n\n\nThe Main Ingredients of Ch\u00e8 Chu\u1ed1i\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCoconut milk: Ideally, use real coconut milk. Try to avoid Alpro-style coconut milks which are just flavored water \n\n\n\nBananas: As mentioned above, ideally use the chu\u1ed1i xi\u00eam variety found in Asian grocery stores, but regular bananas can also work\n\n\n\nTapioca pearls: Small pearls found in Asian grocery stores\n\n\n\nPalm sugar: You can substitute it with regular sugar or cane sugar\n\n\n\nPandan: Replace it with a little vanilla extract, but if you can find fresh or dried leaves, it's really delicious\n\n\n\n\n\n\tCh\u00e8 Chu\u1ed1i - Bananas with Coconut Milk and Tapioca\n\t\t\n\t\tThis Vietnamese dessert made with coconut milk, deliciously rich and creamy, will be ideal to satisfy your sweet cravings or to serve as a surprising dessert to crown a proper Asian meal\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t700 mL coconut milk700 mL water60 g palm sugar (substitute with regular sugar)0.25 teaspoon salt85 g of tapioca pearls (small)2 bananas (ripe)1 banana (sliced, for garnish)Coarsely crushed peanuts (for garnish)2 tablespoons of sesame seeds (toasted)3 leaves of pandan (tied together, substitute with a little vanilla extract. No pandan extract )\t\n\t\n\t\tBring the coconut milk, pandan, and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heatReduce the heat to low and add the sugar and salt.Stir until the sugar is dissolved.Add the tapioca pearls and cook for 30 minutes, stirring frequently, until the pearls are transparent.Cut the bananas into quarters lengthwise, then into 1 to 2 cm pieces.Turn off the heat, incorporate the banana pieces, cover and let rest for 10 minutes until the bananas are well heated.Pour into serving bowls and garnish with toasted sesame seeds, peanuts, and the remaining banana.Serve warm, at room temperature, or slightly chilled.\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\tDessertVietnameseV\u00e9g\u00e9tarienne","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcwiner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}