Last night I screamed that I never want to open another coconut again as long as I live! That was a full twenty four hours before I made my own homemade coconut beverage and yes, wine was very, very involved. This may have been after three glasses of chardonnay. Perhaps I’m not so reasonable with an oaky chardonnay coursing through my veins. Perhaps also attacking a coconut with a knife during a dinner party might not have been the best activity for my Sunday night but I survived to tell the tale!
I actually tried to milk and destroy the coconuts way earlier in the evening when I was still sipping on ice water and prepping our four Indian dishes for our dinner party in the evening hours. Unfortunately for me both our pre bought coconuts were sour and I didn’t felt like introducing our guests to the sour coconut milk cleanse. (Of course they may have just blamed it on the Indian food) And that is how I ended up trying to milk a coconut at seven p.m. while our guests wondered when on earth this delicious Coconut Rice with Star Anise and Curry Leaves that I had learned to make while on holiday in Bangalore would ever arrive.
After I stabbed some coconuts repeatedly and broke at least one knife I had enough coconuts to grind up in the food processed for the coconut rice. That is when my boyfriend told me I should have bought a coconut grater and I was doing things the hard way.
Guess what I bought on Amazon this morning?
Last night I was cursing the name coconut and all the work I went through to make coconut rice.
Than this morning I woke up with way less wine in me and made homemade coconut milk and also a fresh and tasty coconut chutney and you know what? I think I love coconuts again!
In fact this homemade chai inspired coconut beverage is so tasty I might actually LOVE coconuts!
Cardamom and Star Anise Coconut Beverage
3 white cardamom seeds
1 star anise
1 date, seeded
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
1 cup water
After scraping out the coconut add the flesh with the water and the date in a blender. Blend until very smooth. Mix in the seeds, cloves, star anise and cinnamon stick. Transfer to a pot on the stove.
Simmer twenty minutes on low. Strain out the cloves, star anise seeds and cinnamon stick.
Comments
You are hilarious and I love this!
im obsessed with all things cardamom so i can totally see how this is right up my alley.
What an interesting combo of flavors – sounds yummy though, would love to give it a try!
Author
This is so great in a smoothie!
I was in Thailand a long long while ago and got a fresh coconut from a street vendor–I’m envious of the expertise with which the guy opened it up with 2 whacks of his machete, haha. This sounds like an awesome drink! :]
Author
Opening the coconut is the easy part! Scooping out the innards is what takes forever!
My idea of relaxation is sipping on a tasty hot beverage like this! Thank you for sharing your Cardamom and Star Anise Coconut Beverage with us at the Healthy Happy Green and Natural Party Blog Hop. I’m pinning and sharing.
What a great drink, this looks awesome! Hope you are having a great day and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday!
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Miz Helen
Oh what a flavorful combo. Sounds yummy! Thank you for sharing it with us at Food Friday! 🙂
Thanks for linking up for meatless Monday with this fun drink. I had to rescue your link from spam bc it does require a backlink to my site for it to go through Hope you will join us again
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