SWEET PUMPKIN & BANANA SOUP (KOLAK)

SWEET PUMPKIN & BANANA SOUP (KOLAK)

Mostly Indonesian people are Muslim. So in the month of Ramadan everyone needs a kind of sweet foods to add energy after a day of fasting. So KOLAK is one of favorite food in Indonesia. For the main ingredient you can use banana, pumpkin, sweet potato, jackfruit, nuts or whatever you like. Sweet pumpkin and banana soup do not use animal products at all. so vegans can freely enjoy this sweet food. SO LET'S GET STARTED!

The materials you will need need for "Sweet Pumpkin an Banana Sauce" will be:

* 5 bananas

* 1/4 part of fresh pumpkin

* 100 ml of coconut milk

* 2 pieces of pandan leaves (or you can change with vanilla)

* 1/4 cup of palm sugar (you can add and subtract the sugar. Or if you dont

   like to use palm sugar. you just can add regular sugar as you want)

* a pinch of salt

* water as needed

The directions is:

1. Peel and cut bananas into pieces

2. Cut pumpkin into cubes

3. Chopping palm sugar becomes smoother so easily soluble

4. prepare 100 ml of coconut milk

5. Tie the pandan leaves so its not gonna complicate you while cooking your sweet pumpkin and banana soup

6. Put the cubed pumpkin into a large pot and add a punch of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, boiled pumpkin about 10-15 minutes until the pumpkin is tender and starts to fall apart and then set aside

7. Add the coconut milk into another pot

8. Add the palm sugar

9. The last step is put all the ingredients (boiled pumpkin, bananas, pandan leaves) to the coconut milk and palm sugar sauce.
After ingredients are in the pot, cook for about 10 minutes until the coconut milk a boil and the bananas cooked. 

10. Remove your pot from the stove and move the sweet pumpkin and banana sauce to the bowl. your Sweet Pumpkin and Banana Sauce is ready to served.

DONE!