Soup with coconut milk, tapioca and taro - Che Khoai Mon

Vietnamese, chè (pronounced ze ch) means tea, but more generally, it refers to any type of soup rather thick sweet, hot or iced, which can consume as well as drink dessert. There are many recipes but the coconut milk is often the basic element. You can then add fruit (longan, lychee, durian, banana ...) and other ingredients such as taro, mung beans, corn, tapioca pearls, sweet potato, etc. We offer you a hot version of this dessert, combining the sweetness of coconut milk than taro.

Ingredients for 6:

• 45g tapioca pearls
• Sesame seeds
• 375 ml of coconut milk
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• taro 240g
• 375 mL of water.

Now the realization:

1. Peel the taro and cut into cubes (about 2cm). Heat water, coconut milk and sugar in a saucepan.
2. Bring the mixture to a boil and add the tapioca pearls in rain and taro.
3. Cook for about fifteen minutes until the tapioca pearls are translucent and cooked taro (you can easily take a fork).
4. Stir with a wooden spatula to prevent the beads stick to the bottom of the pan.
5. Brown the sesame seeds in a dry pan.
6. Serve the soup hot coconut milk into bowls and sprinkle with browned sesame seeds.

Good tasting !