El Fogón de Frakie

Compote in Coconut Milk, a staple during the month of Ramadan, Kolak is a warm dessert soup. It typically features sweet potatoes, bananas, and sometimes cassava or jackfruit, all simmered in a rich, creamy coconut and palm sugar broth.   Ingredient:  

• • 250g Sweet potatoes (cubed)

• • 3 Bananas (sliced)

• • 500ml Water

• • 200ml Thick coconut milk.

• • 150g Palm sugar

• • 2 Pandan leaves

• • pinch of salt.

  Method:  

• • Boil: Cook sweet potatoes in water with pandan leaves until tender.

• • Sweeten: Add palm sugar and salt, stirring until dissolved.

• • Simmer: Add the bananas and coconut milk. Simmer gently (do not boil hard, or the coconut milk will separate) for 5 minutes.

• • Serve: Enjoy warm or at room temperature.