HAUPIA - HAWAIIAN COCONUT DESSERT
Haupia is a silky, creamy, delicious and easy to make coconut dessert. Serve it chilled on its own or with some fruit or coulis.
Ingredients
- 1 can coconut milk 400ml
- 4 tbsp sugar
- pinch salt
- ½ cup water
- 4 tbsp cornflour or arrowroot
Instructions
- Mix coconut milk, salt and sugar in a pan.
- Place it over medium heat and allow it to become hot till you see bubbles on the sides of the pan.
- In the meantime make the slurry by mixing cornflour or arrowroot flour with the water.
- When the coconut mixture becomes hot, stir it continously and slowly pour in the slurry.
- Keep stirring till the mixture becomes thick and starts leaving the sides of the pan.
- Pour the mixture into a tray. Use either a 5"X 5" or a 6"X 6" tray.
- Bang the tray gently on the worktop to level out the mixture. Can even use a spatula to make the top smooth.
- When the mixture cools down a bit put the tray in the fridge to allow Haupia to set for about 2 hours.
- Cut the set Haupia into squares and serve.
Notes
- Don't allow the mixture to become too thick as it will become difficult to level it out.
- I've used less sugar. Add some more if your prefer.
- A coulis is a fresh fruit sauce.