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    Tembleque Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 6, 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.


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    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 minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Resting Time: 1 hour hour
    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.
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    Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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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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        How can we make coconut milk?

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      How can we make coconut milk?

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