Coconut "palitaw" and "buko pie". Coconut jam is made by mixing muscovado with coconut milk. Coconut sport fruits are also harvested. One such variety of coconut is known as "macapuno". Its meat is sweetened, cut into strands, and sold in glass jars as coconut strings, sometimes labeled as "gelatinous mutant coconut". Coconut water can be fermented to make a different product—"nata de coco" (coconut gel). In Vietnam, coconut is grown abundantly across central and southern Vietnam, and especially in Bến Tre Province, often called the "land of the coconut". It is used to make coconut candy, caramel, and jelly. Coconut juice
Coconut soup in coconut milk. Palembang's "mie celor" is noodles in shrimp and coconut soup, while "laksan" is slices of "pempek" fish surimi served in coconut-based laksa soup. Sweet coconut soup dessert includes "kolak" and "cendol", popular for iftar during Ramadan. "Tom kha kai" is a popular dish in Laos. "Laksa" is a traditional soup in Peranakan cuisine of the Peranakan Chinese people that is sometimes prepared using coconut milk, noodles, curry spices, and meats such as chicken, fish or shrimp. Tofu and vegetables are also sometimes used as ingredients. "Binignit" is a Philippine dessert soup prepared using coconut milk, sliced sweet