Taro in Coconut Milk (Pheuak Kaeng Buat)

Taro in Coconut Milk 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 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 both kinds of sugar 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.