Pheuak Kaeng Buat (Taro in Coconut Cream)

Taro in Coconut Cream or know as a "Pheuak Kaeng Buat" in Thai. Taro is also used as a starch base for a wide range of desserts and sweet treats. It makes a rich, smooth, and creamy custard with eggs, coconut milk, and palm sugar. For an easy dessert, simmer half-inch cubes of taro in coconut milk sweetened with sugar and flavor-enhanced with a small amount of salt. This makes another quick comfort food to warm those cool spring evenings.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 kg fragrant taro
  
• 1.5 cups plam sugar
  
• 2 cup coconut cream
  
• 5 cups coconut milk
  
• 1 tsp salt

PREPARATION:

• Wash the taro well, dry with towel.
• Peel off the skin, cut into bite-size pieces.
  
• Put the coconut milk in a pot, and bring to the boil over medium heat Add taro and boil until cooked through.
  
• Add sugar plum and salt, and continue boiling until the sugar is dissolved.
  
• When the mixture returns to the boil once again, add the coconut cream.
• Boil until heated through, remove from heat.