🇼🇸 Samoan Cuisine

Vaisalo

Coconut Caramel Dessert Soup

Prep Time 15 min

Servings 6

Difficulty Medium

Calories 356 kcal

A rich, warm Samoan dessert soup featuring caramelized coconut cream with soft dumplings or rice, combining sweetness and creaminess in every spoonful.

Ingredients

400ml coconut cream
150g brown sugar
200g all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
100ml water
Pinch of salt
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1 Mix flour, baking powder, and salt. Add enough water to form a soft dough. Roll into small dumplings.
2 In a heavy saucepan, cook coconut cream and brown sugar over medium heat, stirring constantly.
3 When mixture is bubbling and caramelized (about 8 min), add vanilla.
4 Drop dumplings into the simmering coconut caramel.
5 Cook 10-12 min until dumplings are cooked through and floating.
6 Serve warm in deep bowls with extra sauce ladled over.

Did You Know?

Vaisalo is considered a special-occasion dessert and making it well is a point of pride for Samoan cooks, with the perfect caramel consistency being the mark of skill.