Banana Coconut Milk Drink with Nata de Coco

Banana Coconut Milk Drink with Nata de Coco
Nata de coco comes in small jars, often labeled as coconut gel.
Nata de coco are usually small cube shaped. For the drink, they will need to be cut into smaller cubes. I cut each one into 8.

Banana Coconut Milk with Nata de Coco

Every time I shop at my local Asian market, Dragonstar, I pick up these bottles of coconut milk drinks. They basically consist of coconut milk and water, sugar, some type of fruit, and these small, chewy coconut gel cubes called nata de coco. The nata de coco sit on the bottom and you chew them as you drink. Sounds a little weird to have chunks of something in your drink, but it grew on me; much like boba tea and basil seed drinks did. So I took it upon myself to learn how to make it.
Prep Time5 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: drinks, Filipino, Southeast Asian, vegan
Author: Alex Gorgos

Equipment

  • immersion blender

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups coconut water
  • 1/2 cup coconut milk
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 small banana
  • 1/4 cup nata de coco

Instructions

  • Using an immersion blender, purée the banana with the coconut water, coconut milk, and sugar until smooth. Set aside.
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  • Cut each cube of the nata de cocointo 8 smaller cubes.
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  • Placd the nata de coco in the bottom of a glass.
  • Pour the coconut milk drink over the nata de coco and serve.