{"id":9028,"date":"2011-09-05T22:30:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T02:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/?p=9028"},"modified":"2016-06-18T21:31:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T01:31:13","slug":"tender-coconut-milkshake-south-indian-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/tender-coconut-milkshake-south-indian-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"Tender Coconut Milkshake &#8211; South Indian Drink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Tender-coconut-milkshake1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9031\" title=\"Tender coconut milkshake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Tender-coconut-milkshake1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Tender-coconut-milkshake1.jpg 475w, https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Tender-coconut-milkshake1-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is too good to resist!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I grew up having this milkshake and never got tired of this. In the U.S (or non-tropical countries), it&#8217;s hard to get hold of fresh tender coconuts. Whenever I find them I buy them and most of the times been\u00a0deceived. It&#8217;s very hard to tell if the coconut will taste good or not without cracking it open. If you got lucky you could devour it.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/tender-coconut-pudding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tender coconut pudding<\/a>, is my favorite South-Indian dessert. Last year, when I visited Kerala &#8211; the land of coconut trees, I made this pudding quite a few times and never got tired of it because I knew that I wouldn&#8217;t be able to get the same taste until I visit again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last weekend, I found coconuts at an Asian supermarket. I took my chances and bought a few. First thing after getting home, I cracked it open and tasted the tender coconut and the coconut juice. I jumped up and down with joy, it tasted fresh just like the ones I get in Kerala. And then there I was busy making tender coconut milkshake and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/tender-coconut-pudding\/\" target=\"_blank\">tender coconut pudding<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The milkshake tasted so refreshing and yummy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Tender Coconut Milkshake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serves: 2 glasses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tender coconut, chopped 2 inch slice- 1\/2 cup<\/li>\n<li>Tender coconut water- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li>Milk, chilled- 3\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li>Sugar or honey- 1 to 2 tbsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instruction<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s good to use fresh tender coconuts rather than frozen or canned ones.<\/li>\n<li>If you have the fresh tender coconut, first make a small hole on the top of the shell using a sharp knife.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the coconut water into a bowl, keep aside.<\/li>\n<li>Using a sharp knife break the coconut into halves.<\/li>\n<li>Using a sharp knife cut the coconut from the shell.<\/li>\n<li>The coconut would easily detach from the shell.<\/li>\n<li>Cut the coconut into small slices.<\/li>\n<li>In a blender, blend together the coconut slices, coconut water, milk and sugar or honey.<\/li>\n<li>Pour into glasses and serve chilled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use only tender coconut and not the regular coconut.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the coconut has blended well.<\/li>\n<li>You could adjust the amount of coconut water, milk, sugar according to your needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easyrecipe\" data-rating=\"0\">\t<link itemprop=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Tender-coconut-milkshake1.jpg\" \/>\n<div class=\"item ERName\">Tender Coconut Milkshake &#8211; South Indian Drink<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERHead\">Serves: <span class=\"yield\">2 glasses<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ERIngredients\">\n<div class=\"ERIngredientsHeader\">Ingredients<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Tender coconut, chopped 2 inch slice- 1\/2 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Tender coconut water- 1 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Milk, chilled- 3\/4 cup<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">Sugar or honey- 1-2 tbsp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERInstructions\">\n<div class=\"ERInstructionsHeader\">Instructions<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<ol>\n<li class=\"instruction\">It&#8217;s good to use fresh tender coconuts rather than frozen or canned ones.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">If you have the fresh tender coconut, first make a small hole on the top of the shell using a sharp knife.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Pour the coconut water into a bowl, keep aside.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Using a sharp knife break the coconut into halves.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Using a sharp knife cut the coconut from the shell.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">The coconut would easily detach from the shell.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Cut the coconut into small slices.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">In a blender, blend together the coconut slices, coconut water, milk and sugar or honey.<\/li>\n<li class=\"instruction\">Pour into glasses and serve chilled.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNutrition\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ERNotesHeader\">Notes<\/div>\n<div class=\"ERNotes\">Use only tender coconut and not the regular coconut.[br] Make sure the coconut has blended well.[br] You could adjust the amount of coconut water, milk, sugar according to your needs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"endeasyrecipe\" style=\"display: none;\">3.4.3177<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is too good to resist! I grew up having this milkshake and never got tired of this. In the U.S (or non-tropical countries), it&#8217;s hard to get hold of fresh tender coconuts. Whenever I find them I buy them and most of the times been\u00a0deceived. It&#8217;s very hard to tell if the coconut will &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,27,22,808,6,575,143],"tags":[35,576],"class_list":["post-9028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-milkshake","category-indian-cuisine","category-kerala-cuisine","category-milkshake-by-category","category-popular","category-tender-coconut","category-thasfaves","tag-coconut","tag-tender-coconut-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thasneen.com\/cooking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}