Cooked with coconut

Pandan crepes with coconut and palm sugar filling

A Southeast Asian street food, it's dudur gulong in Indonesia, kuih dadar in Singapore, and kuih gulung in Malaysia and Brunei. The crepes are made with coconut milk and fresh pandan extract; the filling is a mixture of melted palm sugar and freshly grated coconut.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 4 people

Pork adobo with chili and coconut cream

Add heat and subtle sweetness to the traditional salty-sour flavor of Filipino adobo. Crushed bird's eye chilies and coconut cream are all you need.

Cook time: 1 30

Servings: 4 people

Banoffee with a tropical twist

Banana slices, caramel, toasted coconut, whipped cream and shaved chocolate in glass

No crust as this dessert isn’t a pie. Instead of digestive biscuits, you have toasted coconut flakes. You serve the banoffee in wineglasses to expose the beautiful layers of banana slices, salted caramel and cream.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people

Coconut and lychee sorbet

The meat from two young coconuts and a can of lychee went into this coconut and lychee sorbet. Dairy-free but it scoops like ice cream. A lovely summer snack or dessert.

Cook time: 0

Servings: 6 cups

Fish head soup with coconut cream

Thick and spicy, the heat of this fish head soup with coconut cream comes from garlic, ginger and chilies.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 2 people