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Ahu is a dessert soup made with water, sugar, young coconut meat and tapioca starch. When cooking ahu, do not over-boil the soup or it will lose its thickness. Do not cover the pot until it comes to room temperature or it will become runny. As the ahu cools, it will continue to thicken.

from a fan:  "The ahu turned out great! yuuum!"

Young coconut meat is found inside a young, green coconut, commonly referred to as manha (mon-ha); locals call the brown, mature coconut niyok (knee-dzuk).

The younger the manha, the softer or more gel-like consistency of the meat. As the manha matures, it becomes thicker though not quite the texture of mature coconut; this is generally what you get when you buy young coconut meat in a can. No, mature coconut is not used to make ahu.

Sugar is caramelized or brown sugar is used to make the brown ahu; a caramel-like tasting ahu.

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