Shopping on the Island is never a fruitless experience. On the occasions when a shop has run out of stock it is not long before a neighbour pays us a visit bearing a gift. This time we were presented with a huge bunch of bananas fresh from a tree in the garden. The banana here are delicious but these things ripen at a rate of at least 10 a day.
To avoid several days of bananas for breakfast, lunch and dinner I called on my friend So Tee to show me how to make grilled bananas with sweet rice. Within minutes she had arrived at our house with family in tow. After realising I did not have enough coconut milk So Tee called to our neighbour and soon came back with a coconut and this intimidating contraption that I soon realised would help us to make the fresh coconut milk.
So Tee put me to work grating the coconut while she prepared the rice, boiling it with coconut milk a little sugar and salt.
Once the rice was ready and all of the kids had approved the taste we got to work shaping it into thin sheets and carefully wrapping it around the bananas.
Everything was tightly rolled inside a banana leaf which was then secured with bamboo skewers ready to grill.
The process takes time and we were all getting hungry so we recruited an extra chef to help us.
There is a lovely shop on the Western side of the island that sells these tasty snacks for just 500 riel. They take time to make so you will often only see them in the afternoon. Keep your eyes open as you travel around and if you see them make sure you stop to buy one or two.
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