SolKadhi - A Summer Coolant Drink

 

Solkadhi is a popular drink served in Goa and the Konkan regions…It is consumed along with meals or as a digestive post meal.  This dish is served in the Fish Thali at various restaurants and it tastes different at all places and this is definitely due the ingredients that are used in making this drink.

When we visited Goa few years back, I remember eating at a small joint and they had served Solkadhi in the Fish Thali that we ordered… It was awesome and we had ordered and packed few bottles of this drink while returning back to Pune.

During my trip to Goa last month, we got some fresh Kokum from a shop and decided to make this drink at home and share the recipe with all of you… I sent some to my sister in law and she loved the taste!

If you are making Solkadhi at home, make sure you use deliciously tarty Kokum and fleshy coconut. The blush pink color of the Solkadhi makes it look appealing and it is equally refreshing in taste.. To get a bright pink colour I added some grated beetroot while making this drink.

This is one of my favourite drink… do let me know in the comment box as to what’s your favourite drink…

Here is how to I made Solkadhi.

Ingredients:

1 large coconut grated

12 to 15 Kokum pieces/ Aamsol pieces

5 to 8 Garlic pods

2 to 3 green chillies

1 tsp Cumin seeds

1 inch Ginger

1 small beetroot grated or cut into pieces

2 to 3 cups of water

Salt to taste

Coriander leaves to garnish

Method:

Soak the Kokum in half bowl of hot water for half an hour

Grate only the white flesh of the coconut and transfer it into a mixer grinder and add in the garlic, chillies, ginger, beetroot, cumin seeds and half cup water and pulse the mixer until the juice is extracted from the coconut. Sieve it through a strainer or a muslin cloth.  Repeat this process for 2 more times by adding enough water and extracting the juice.  Squeeze out the Kokum and discard the skin and transfer that water into the extracted coconut milk.  Add remaining water and add in the required salt and mix well. Add in chopped coriander leaves. Refrigerate for few hours and serve it chilled or at room temperature! 

It’s that simple and quick… so when are you going to try making this?

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