Coconut Rice Porridge

As a person who steers more toward bacon and steak in the morning, this is one of the precious few sweet dishes that graces my breakfast table with any regularity. Inspired by a coconut breakfast porridge found commonly throughout the Caribbean, this aromatic dish makes for a wonderful and filling vegan brunch.

Thai Black Sticky Rice Pudding

Thai Black Sticky Rice is a traditional Thai dessert that is incredibly quick and easy to make with glutinous rice. Top with coconut and mango!

Mung Bean Porridge in Coconut Milk

This mung bean porridge is commonly eaten as breakfast in Malaysia and Indonesia, but its sweetness makes for a fine dessert as well.

Black Sticky Rice Mango Dessert

This delicious Asian dessert has sliced mango, Thai black sticky rice, coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, and shaved ice. It's rich and refreshing!

Thai-Inspired Coconut-Pandan Rice Pudding With Fresh Mango

[Photograph: Leela Punyaratabandhu] An easier, quicker, more stovetop-friendly version of the iconic Thai dessert, Khao Niao Ma-muang, this coconut rice pudding and mango retains all of the flavors found in the original dish by which it is inspired. Pandan leaves...

Jamaican Cornmeal Porridge With Coconut and Condensed Milks

Smooth, creamy, and infused with nutmeg, vanilla, bay leaf, coconut, brown sugar, and condensed milk, this Jamaican cornmeal porridge is as filling as it is absolutely delicious.

Coconut Rice (fluffy, not gluey!)

Simple, fluffy coconut rice! Fantastic side with any South East Asian food - Thai, Malaysia, Vietnamese - as well as Caribbean and tropical foods.

Coconut Tapioca Dessert with Sweet Rice Balls

This coconut tapioca dessert with homemade sweet rice balls and fruit is our take on the sweet soups and desserts loved in many Asian countries.

Seriously Asian: Korean Red Bean Porridge

[Photographs: Chichi Wang] Previously Scrambled Tofu » All Seriously Asian recipes » In efforts to reduce my overall intake of lard, I've been making and eating a lot of porridge. Porridge fills you up without weighing you down, not to...

The Secret Ingredient (Coconut): Double Coconut Rice Pudding

This rice pudding uses coconut milk, and dried coconut, plus a few extras like rice and sugar and cream to make this creamy coconut concoction, inspired by Thai coconut rice and coconut ice cream. It's luscious, not too sweet, decadent, exotic, and comforting. How's that for a dessert!