Hainan Coconut Tureen
A sweet dessert prepared by steaming rock sugar and silver ear fungus inside a whole coconut with coconut juice and coconut milk.
Ingredients
large coconut (peeled, washed, eyes pierced, juice drained, then sawed open from the stem to form a coconut tureen)
1
soaked silver ear fungus (hydrated)
100 g
rock sugar (lightly steamed)
100 g
coconut milk
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Peel and wash the coconut, pierce through the eyes, drain out the coconut juice, then saw open from the stem end to fashion a coconut tureen.
2
Step 2
Place the rock sugar in a bowl and steam lightly, then pour it into the coconut tureen. Steam in the steamer for 1 hour, add the hydrated silver ear fungus and the coconut milk, and continue steaming until fully cooked through.
