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Coconut soup

Overview[edit]

Coconut soup is a fruit soup prepared using coconut fruit or coconut milk as a primary ingredient.^[1] It can be prepared as a broth-based or cream-based soup.^[1][2] The coconut fruit can be sliced, chopped, or shredded.^[2] 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.^[1] 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.^[3] It can be served as a hot or cold soup.^[4]

By country and region[edit]

Caribbean[edit]

Sopito is a common fish soup or fish chowderinAruba and Curaçao of the Lesser Antilles.^[5][6][7] The dish uses coconut milk and salt-cured meat as main ingredients.^[a] Coconut water is also often used to prepare sopito.^[8] Sopita de pisca is a variation that uses tomatoes.^[9] Coconut and chayote soup is consumed in some areas of the Caribbean.^[10]

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  Jamaican fish and coconut milk soup

China[edit]

Sago soup is a Chinese dessert soup prepared using sago starch, which is derived from sago palm pith, coconut milk, and other ingredients.^{[11][12][13][14]} Sago is similar to tapioca, and is produced in pearl form.^[12]

Indonesia[edit]

Some varieties of soto, an Indonesian soup, are prepared using coconut milk, such as soto ayam and soto betawi.^[15] 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.^[16][17]

Palembang's mie celor is noodles in shrimp and coconut soup,^[18][19] while laksan is slices of pempek fish surimi served in coconut-based laksa soup.^[20]

Sweet coconut soup dessert includes kolak and cendol, popular for iftar during Ramadan.^[b][c]

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  Sayur lodeh
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  Sayur lodeh
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  Opor ayam
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  Mie celor
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  Kolak
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  Laksan Palembang

Laos[edit]

Tom kha kai is a popular dish in Laos.^[23]

Malaysia and Singapore[edit]

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.^[24][25] Tofu and vegetables are also sometimes used as ingredients.^{[24][26][27][28]}

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  A variant of Malaysian-style curry laksa
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  Kelantanese-style laksa
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  A typical bowl of Singaporean-style laksa
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  Katong laksa, a variant of Singaporean-style laksa

Philippines[edit]

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.^[29][30][31] Savory examples of ginataan soups and stews include ginataang kalabasa, sinilihan, and tiyula itum. Dessert examples include binignit, bilo-bilo, and ginataang mais.^[32][33]

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  Ginataang kalabasa
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  Binignit
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  Pininyahang manok
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  Ginataang ampalaya
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  Ginataang kohol
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  Ginataang langka
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  Sinilihan
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  Gising-gising

Thailand[edit]

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.^[34] Red curry is a Thai soup prepared using coconut milk, meats, and red curry as main ingredients.^[35] Tom kha kai (Thai coconut soup) is a Thai soup prepared using coconut milk, chicken, mushrooms, chili peppers, galangal, lemongrass, and other ingredients.^[23][36] Tom yam kathi is a Thai coconut soup and a variant of tom yum prepared using coconut milk.^[37]

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  Tom kha kai'
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  Beef khao soi
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  Thai red curry soup with pork
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  Tom yam soup with fresh coconut meat
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  Tom kha kai

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External links[edit]

• Media related to Coconut milk soups at Wikimedia Commons