Sol Kadhi Or Amsol Saar

Sol Kadi is comfort food for the summers. It is a tasty, tangy because of the Kokumin Hindi, Amsol in Marathi or Gracia Indica as it is referred to in English, nutty and creamy because of the coconut milk, chilled beverage which gives relief from the heat, prevents prickly heat, nausea and is so yum that it can be just had as an accompaniment in a meal. Amsol is a fruit which is dried, halved and sold for medicinal and culinary use. It gives a deep reddish purple colour and sour taste to the food in which it is added. The coconuts sent to me by my good friend Rachna, grown right in her backyard at Goa. I have extracted the milk from the freshly scraped coconut for this drink. Thanks to her for, I have been able to make a few curries, chutneys too with coconuts. The recipe is here.......

Ingredients

8-10 amsols to be boiled in two cups of water till all the sourness comes through in the water, rest it for sometime and strained

Milk extracted from 1 huge coconut, this is done by adding enough water into the scraped coconut, running it through a mixi jar, straining the extract through a strainer or a thin cloth. This should be done at least three to four times. The remain would be only dry tasteless scraped coconut.

Salt to taste
Asafoetida to taste
Cumin powder to taste

Method

In a jar take the coconut extract, the amsol extract, add all the dry powders and salt, mix well, chill and drink. The quantity above would make at least eight cups of the soothing drink.