West Indian

Sol Kadhi (Kokum-Coconut Digestive Drink)

Name: Sol Kadhi (Kokum-Coconut Digestive Drink)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: West Indian
Ingredients: 8 dried kokum petals; 1 cup grated coconut; 2.5 cups water; 2 garlic cloves; 1 green chili; 1/4 tsp cumin seeds; 2 tbsp chopped cilantro; 1/2 tsp salt

Bhavna Shah @bhavna_shah

Sol Kadhi (Kokum-Coconut Digestive Drink) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Diabetic friendly Low carb Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Halal Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

8 dried kokum petals
1 cup grated coconut
2.5 cups water
2 garlic cloves
1 green chili
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
1/2 tsp salt

How to cook it

Soak the kokum petals in half a cup of warm water for 15 minutes to release their color and tang.
Grind the grated coconut with a cup of water, then strain through a fine sieve or cloth, pressing to extract the thick coconut milk, and repeat once more with the remaining water for a thinner second extract.
Blend the soaked kokum with the garlic, green chili, and cumin seeds, then strain and stir into the coconut milk.
Season with salt and adjust with a little water for a pourable consistency.
Chill and garnish with cilantro before serving.
Serve cold in small glasses alongside fish curry and rice, sipped on its own or poured over the rice.

Watch how to cook Sol Kadhi (Kokum-Coconut Digestive Drink)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Serve it with

A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Sol Kadhi (Kokum-Coconut Digestive Drink), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal)
  
  40 min
The cooked vegetable
- Batata Bhaji (Dry Potato Bhaji)
  
  25 min
What it is eaten with
- Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread)
  
  35 min
- Jowar Bhakri (Sorghum Flatbread)
  
  30 min
Something cool and fresh
- Koshimbir (Cucumber-Peanut Curd Salad)
  
  15 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Sol Kadhi (Kokum-Coconut Digestive Drink) carries coconut. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Sol Kadhi (Kokum-Coconut Digestive Drink)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	Yes	Chaas (Spiced Buttermilk)

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 80 kcal
Protein: 1 g
Carbs: 3 g
Fat: 7 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 290 mg
Saturated fat: 6 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Sol Kadhi (Kokum-Coconut Digestive Drink) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.