This banana dessert is fully vegetarian and is a very common Thai dessert. The main ingredient in the Thai banana dessert is a particular type of bananas and coconut milk. For good taste you will need to use the kluai nam wa type of bananas. The botanical name of these bananas is musa sapientum and the bananas are around 4 to 5 inches long. There is a similar banana dessert made in certain parts of India, but the Indian banana dessert uses milk (not coconut milk) and grated coconut. The bananas in the Indian dessert are the long sweet type of bananas and no cooking or heating is involved. In this section we discuss the Thai banana dessert recipe and provide some useful suggestions for enhancing it's taste.