Corn & Tapioca Pearl with Coconut Milk
Now that fresh corn is in season it is a perfect time for me to treat myself to sweet dessert featuring Corn & Tapioca Pearl in Coconut Milk known in Cambodian as បង្អែមបបរពត (Baw Baw Pot). You can actually substitute corn with banana, taro, or even beans. I prefer my dessert to not be too sweet and rather allow the natural sweetness from the corn to come through therefore adjust the amount of sugar, tapioca pearls or even coconut according to your taste.
Corn & Tapioca Pearl with Coconut Milk Ingredients
Ingredients
3 corn on a cob, slice kernel off
1 ½ cup water
3 tablespoons tapioca pearl (small size)
1 can coconut milk (13 oz)
1/3 cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Method:
In a pot bring water to a boil and add tapioca pearls. Cook for 2-3 minutes then simmer for another 10 minutes or until the pearls turns translucent (no whites). Stir occasionally so they don’t stick. Larger tapioca will take longer to cook.
Add the remainder ingredients and cook for about 5-7 minutes stirring. Then simmer low until the sauce thickens. Taste and adjust the sweetness to your preference.
Serve warm or cold.
Tip: If you want a more thicker sauce store it in the fridge for several hours.
Wow..never try vanilla extract before. Have to try it when I make some desserts. Thanks for the tip!
Hi Khatiya,
Made some banana and tapioca pearl in coconut milk last weekend with the vanilla extract, well not really, it was the imitation kind. It was all we have since I haven’t had the time to buy the real thing. I could smell the different with it. I try the banana extract thing a long time ago. Don’t care for it. Thanks again! BTW do you how made bak ben? Not sure if I spell it right.
Thanks so much for this post! I just included it in a recent blog entry!! So helpful
Eva,
Your blog looks very very yummy! I especially love all those sweets you have there. OMG, made me salivate while reading. WOW!
Thanks for linking my work. Sound like you had a blast during your visit in Cambodia. It’s been so long since I visited. Perhaps someday soon I will pay my country another visit.
I know, my Mother normally use banana extract/essences when she makes desserts. But vanilla is great too, it gives a nice aroma.