Sweet Banana with Tapioca Pearl

This is the traditional home make dessert. It can be serve warm or chilled and guess what, it is a very easy dessert to make.

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoon tapioca pearl or known as sago
• 2 cups water
• 1 pandan leaf or 1-2 drop of pandan extract/essence
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup brown sugar or plam sugar
• 1 cup coconut milk or milk
• 1 large banana, sliced about 1cm thick

Method:

1. Rinse and drain tapioca pearl. Then, boil the tapioca flour in medium size saucepan with 2 cups water. Add in salt and pandan leaf/extract/essence. Let the tapioca simmer until it is tranparents. Constantly stir so that it doesn't stick at the bottom of pan.
2. Once its transparent which may take about 15 minutes, add sugar and stir until dissolve.
3. Add in slice banana and add coconut mik little by little. Let simmer for 10 minutes or until the banana soft. 
4. Adjust sweetness and serve.

Coconut Rice

Ingredients:-

• 1 cup long grain rice
• 1½ cup water
• 1 cup coconut milk
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 1x1 cm of fresh ginger, peeled
• 1 drop of pandan essence or 2 pandan leaves tied together
• 1 pinch of chicken stock (optional)


Method:

Rinse the rice in cold water. Combine washed rice, water, coconut milk, salt, ginger, pandan essence or leaves and chicken stock in rice cooker pot. Place the pot into rice cooker and cook. 15 minutes after the rice cooker button jump from cook to keep warm or until the rice is tender and all liquid has been absorbed. Lightly fluff rice with fork.

TIPS:-

• Pandan leaves is also known as pandanus screw pine leaves