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    Tembleque Recipe

    Last Updated On: Sep 24, 2025 by Aarthi

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    Tembleque is a coconut dessert pudding from Puerto Rico. Tembleque is made by cooking coconut milk, milk, salt, cornstarch, cinnamon, and sugar. Recipes may include spices such as cloves, vanilla, and nutmeg

    Tembleque Recipe

    WIKI:Tembleque is a coconut dessert pudding from Puerto Rico. Tembleque is made by cooking coconut milk, milk, salt, cornstarch, cinnamon, and sugar. Recipes may include spices such as cloves, vanilla, and nutmeg or extra flavoring such as rum, orange blossom water and cream of coconut, or may be garnished with mint, almonds, fruit, flavored syrup or chocolate shavings.

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    This recipe needs just a handful of ingredients and it taste simply delicious when served cold. You can even serve it with any fruits of your choice. This pudding sets really nice without any setting agent.

    Tembleque Ingredients

    • Coconut Milk
    • Cornflour / Cornstarch
    • Sugar
    • Salt
    • Cinnamon Powder 

    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

    Coconut Pudding Preparation

    • Take cornflour in a bowl, add in ¾ cup of coconut milk and mix well. Set aside.
    • Take 1 cup of coconut milk, sugar and salt in a sauce pan and heat till it simmers.
    • Add in the cornflour mix and whisk till creamy and thick.
    • Spoon this into moulds and chill for couple of hours or till it is nice and cold.
    • When serving, run a knife around the sides and unmould to a plate. Sprinkle top with cinnamon and serve cold.

     

    Tembleque with Step by Step Pictures

     
    take cornflour in a bowl
    add coconut milk
    mix well and set aside
    take remaining coconut milk in a sauce pan
    add sugar
    add a pinch of salt
    heat it till it starts to simmer
    add cornflour mix
    keep cooking while whisking
    now it is nice and thick
    done
    pour it into moulds
    chill it for couple of hours
    now run a knife around the sides
    un mould
    sprinkle top with cinnamon

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    Tembleque Recipe | Coconut Pudding Recipe

    Tembleque is a coconut dessert pudding from Puerto Rico. Tembleque is made by cooking coconut milk, milk, salt, cornstarch, cinnamon, and sugar. Recipes may include spices such as cloves, vanilla, and nutmeg
    5 from 4 votes
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 5 minutes mins
    Resting Time 1 hour hr
    Course Dessert
    Servings 2 servings

    Ingredients
      

    • Coconut Milk - 1 cup + ¾ cup 420 ml
    • Cornflour / Cornstarch - ¼ cup
    • Sugar - ⅓ cup or to taste
    • Salt a pinch
    • Cinnamon Powder a pinch

    Instructions
     

    • Take cornflour in a bowl, add in ¾ cup of coconut milk and mix well. Set aside.
    • Take 1 cup of coconut milk, sugar and salt in a sauce pan and heat till it simmers.
    • Add in the cornflour mix and whisk till creamy and thick.
    • Spoon this into moulds and chill for couple of hours or till it is nice and cold.
    • When serving, run a knife around the sides and unmould to a plate. Sprinkle top with cinnamon and serve cold.
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

    If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @aarthi198689@gmail.com and I'll help as soon as I can.

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    1. Ann

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      HI Aarthi.. can I use Maggi coconut milk pwder to make coconut milk

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      yummy

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    3. Kalpana Solsi

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      Have you used milk extracted frm fresh coconut or used from a tetrapack?

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      • Naz

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        How can we make coconut milk?

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    4. Naz

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      How can we make coconut milk?

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