Sankhaya (coconut custard)

Ingredients

4 cups of coconut milk

9 oz of brown sugar

3 lightly whisked eggs



Preparation




In a saucepan over medium flame, combine the coconut milk and sugar and cook stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
Remove from flame and allow cooling.


Whisk the eggs with the coconut milk mix and mix it well. Pass it through a fine strainer into 6 glass bowls. Cover each bowl with foil.


Place all the bowls in a covered container and pour the hot water in it until it reaches half the height of the bowls.


Place the container over medium flame to steam cook the custard for 30 minutes or until they are puffy and curdled.