Coconut soup

Coconut soup is a fruit soup prepared using coconut milk or coconut fruit as a main ingredient. Many varieties of coconut soups exist in the world, including ''ginataan'', ''laksa'', ''sayur lodeh'', '' soto'', and ''tom kha kai'', and myriad ingredients are used. They can be served hot or cold. While most coconut soups are savoury dishes, some varieties—such as ''binignit'' and ''kolak''—are sweet dessert soups.

Overview

Coconut soup is a fruit soup prepared using coconut fruit or coconut milk as a primary ingredient. It can be prepared as a broth-based or cream-based soup. The coconut fruit can be sliced, chopped, or shredded. Green coconut fruit from young coconuts can also be used to prepare coconut soup, and coconut water and coconut oil are sometimes used as ingredients. Many various coconut soups exist in the world, with myriad ingredients used. Coconut soup is sometimes prepared in combinations using other ingredients, such as chicken, potato, or curry. It can be served as a hot or cold soup.

By country and region

Caribbean

'' Sopito'' is a common fish soup or fish chowder in Aruba and Curaçao of the Lesser Antilles. The dish uses coconut milk and salt-cured meat as main ingredients. Coconut water is also often used to prepare ''sopito''. ''Sopita de pisca'' is a variation that uses tomatoes. Coconut and chayote soup is consumed in some areas of the Caribbean.

File:Fish soup with reef fish and coconut milk.jpg, Jamaican fish and coconut milk soup

China

Sago soup is a Chinese dessert soup prepared using sago starch, which is derived from sago palm pith, coconut milk, and other ingredients. Sago is similar to tapioca, and is produced in pearl form.

Indonesia

Some varieties of soto, an Indonesian soup, are prepared using coconut milk, such as ''soto ayam'' and ''soto betawi''. Several Indonesian soups also use coconut milk, such as '' lontong cap go meh'', '' ketupat sayur'', ''opor'' and ''sayur lodeh'', a vegetable soup in coconut milk.

Palembang's '' mie celor'' is noodles in shrimp and coconut soup, while '' laksan'' is slices of ''pempek'' fish surimi served in coconut-based laksa soup.

Sweet coconut soup dessert includes ''kolak'' and ''cendol'', popular for iftar during Ramadan.

File:Sayur lodeh.JPG, ''Sayur lodeh''
File:Sayur Lodeh Ibu Sulastri.jpg, ''Sayur lodeh''
File:Opor Ayam Telur Pindang.JPG, ''Opor ayam''
File:Mie Celor.jpg, '' Mie celor''
File:Kolak biji salak.jpg, ''Kolak''
File:Laksan Palembang 1.jpg, ''Laksan Palembang''

Laos

''Tom kha kai'' is a popular dish in Laos.

Malaysia and Singapore

''Laksa'' is a popular noodle dish with many diverse variants, many of which are prepared with coconut milk, noodles, spices, and meats such as chicken, fish, or shrimp. Tofu and vegetables are also sometimes used as ingredients.

File:Foon Yew Laksa.jpg, A variant of Malaysian-style curry laksa
File:YosriLaksaKuahMentah.jpg , Kelantanese-style laksa
File:Laksa.JPG, A typical bowl of Singaporean-style laksa
File:Katong Laksa.jpg, Katong laksa, a variant of Singaporean-style laksa

Philippines

In the Philippines, the very diverse class of soups and stews cooked in coconut milk are collectively known as ''ginataan''. They include both savory and dessert dishes. Savory examples of ''ginataan'' soups and stews include ''ginataang kalabasa'', '' sinilihan'', and ''tiyula itum''. Dessert examples include ''binignit'', ''bilo-bilo'', and ''ginataang mais''.

File:Ginataang kalabasa at hipon (shrimp, calabaza, green beans, and eggplant in coconut milk) - Philippines.jpg, ''Ginataang kalabasa''
File:Binignit.jpg, ''Binignit''
File:Pineapple chicken (Pininyahang Manok).jpg, ''Pininyahang manok''
File:Buffetjf9441 08.JPG, '' Ginataang ampalaya''
File:09383jfCabalen restaurants food products buffets in Bulacan Philippinesfvf 27.jpg, '' Ginataang kohol''
File:Ginataang langka with shrimp and calamari.jpg, ''Ginataang langka''
File:Bicol Express.jpg, '' Sinilihan''
File:Cebu Food Trip (11051436566).jpg, '' Gising-gising''

Thailand

Thai ''Khao soi'' is a noodle soup dish prepared with egg noodles, coconut milk, curry, and meats such as beef and chicken, and served with pickled mustard greens and raw shallots. Red curry is a Thai soup prepared using coconut milk, meats, and red curry as main ingredients. ''Tom kha kai'' (Thai coconut soup) is a Thai soup prepared using coconut milk, chicken, mushrooms, chili peppers, galangal, lemongrass, and other ingredients. '' Tom yam kathi'' is a Thai coconut soup and a variant of ''tom yum'' prepared using coconut milk.

File:Thai coconut soup.jpg, ''Tom kha kai'
File:Khao soi nuea Fueng Fah.jpg, Beef ''khao soi''
File:Kaeng phet mu.jpg, Thai red curry soup with pork
File:Tom_yam_kung_maphrao_on_nam_khon.jpg, Tom yam soup with fresh coconut meat
File:Soup Bowl (cropped).jpg, ''Tom kha kai''

See also

* Asian soups
* Chè bà ba – a Vietnamese dessert that includes coconut milk soup as an ingredient
* List of coconut dishes
* List of dishes made using coconut milk
* List of soups
* Mie koclok – An Indonesian chicken noodle soup that is served in coconut milk soup
* Molagoottal – a South Indian stew prepared using coconut and lentils

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Fruit soups
Foods containing coconut