Kluay Buat Chi

Name: Kluay Buat Chi
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 6 ripe Thai bananas (kluay nam wa), halved; 400ml coconut milk; 1/3 cup sugar or palm sugar; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 pandan leaf

กล้วยบวชชี/gluay BUAT chee/

Also known as: Thai Bananas in Coconut Milk, Gluay Buat Chee

About this dish

Bananas simmered in salty-sweet coconut milk, a simple, comforting Thai dessert.

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Ingredients

🍌6 ripe Thai bananas (kluay nam wa), halved

🥥400ml coconut milk

🍬1/3 cup sugar or palm sugar

🧂1/2 tsp salt

🍃1 pandan leaf

Method

Serves 2

Bring the coconut milk to a gentle simmer with the pandan.

Add the bananas and simmer for 5 minutes.

Add the sugar and salt and stir until dissolved.

Simmer for 2–3 minutes more until the bananas are soft but whole.

Serve warm.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

The name means 'bananas ordained as nuns', after the white coconut milk that covers them like a nun's robe.

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