Ellu (Sesame) Juice: Tale Of Indian Summers

• white sesame seeds cups 1/4
• fresh/frozen coconut, grated cups 1/4
• milk, chilled cups 1
• cardamom , de-seeded teaspoons 1
• jaggery, finely grated 1/2

1. Rinse well and soak the white sesame seeds in a bowl of water for 1 to 2 hours
2. Drain sesame seeds and add to the blender along with grated coconut, jaggery, 1/2 cup of milk and cardamom seeds. Grind everything to a fine paste. Do not add water at this stage.
3. Transfer the blended concoction to a fine sieve or muslin cloth to extract the juice into a large bowl. Now add the remaining milk and 1 cup water to dilute. You can adjust quantity of water, jaggery according to your taste.
4. PLEASE NOTE - rn* If you do not prefer grainy texture then use muslin cloth to extract juice otherwise results from a sieve will be fine too.rn* If you do not find fresh or frozen grated coconut then feel free to try it with tinned form of coconut milk however flavour might slightly vary.rn* This juice is best when chilled. You can make this ahead and chill it in refrigerated or simply add some ice cubes if you don't get enough time to chill it.

white sesame seeds, frozen coconut, milk, cardamom, jaggery

Taken from food52.com/recipes/42157-ellu-sesame-juice-tale-of-indian-summers (may not work)