Recipe: Haupia with Exotic Fruit Salad Liliko'L Sauce

HAUPIA WITH EXOTIC FRUIT SALAD LILIKO'L SAUCE

For Haupia:
1 1/2 cups coconut milk
4 to 6 tablespoons sugar
4 to 6 tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 cup water

For the sauce:
1/2 cup passionfruit juice
1 cup sugar
For the fruit salad:
2 diced kiwi
1 diced pineapple
1 diced papaya
8 pieces lychee
1 sliced banana
1 sliced mango
8 sprigs fresh mint, to garnish

Haupia: Pour coconut milk in saucepan. Combine sugar and cornstarch; stir in water and blend well. Stir sugar mixture into coconut milk. Cook and stir over low heat until thickened. Pour into 8-inch square pan and chill until firm. Using a cookie cutter cut into teardrop or star shapes.

Bring sauce ingredients to a boil. Chill. Combine fruit salad ingredients, toss with the sauce and set aside.

Place three to four pieces of Haupia onto a cold plate, arrange fruits around. Garnish with fresh mint.