Paruthi Paal is a very popular drink in Tamil Nadu. It is made from cotton seeds. Cotton milk is very nutritious. Because it is high in protein, essential fatty acids and sugar. This milk can provide instant energy to the body.
In other words, cotton milk gives relief from the problem of cold and cough. Mainly it keeps the body cool. It is very good for lactating women. People who do not like to drink milk or are lactose intolerant can drink cotton milk.
Apart from this, drinking cotton milk can prevent the antioxidants present in it from heart related problems, stomach ulcers etc. Till now you must have bought and drank cotton milk with many benefits from the shops. But it can be done easily at home. If we drink it at home, can’t we drink as much as we want?
Do you want to know how cotton candy is made? Given below is a simple recipe of cotton milk recipe. Read it and taste it and share your feedback with us.
Things Required:
* Cotton Kernel – 2 cups
* Tamarind rice – 1 cup
* Jaggery – 1 cup
Thick coconut milk – 1 cup
* Cardamom powder – 1 tbsp
* Sukku powder – 1 tbsp
recipe:
* First wash the cotton thoroughly with water 3-4 times.
* Then keep the washed cotton soaked in water overnight.
Similarly, wash tamarind with water and soak it overnight.
* Then next morning put soaked cotton and tamarind in a mixer jar, add some water and grind it well.
* Then the milk should be taken out by filtering the ground pulp.
* Then put the filtered milk in a utensil and keep it in the oven and keep it on low flame and boil it for 8-10 minutes till it thickens.
* After this add jaggery to it and let it boil for 4 minutes.
* Then add cardamom powder and suku powder to it and stir.
*Finally add thick coconut milk and stir, then delicious cotton milk is ready.
Comment:
* Do not wash cotton after soaking, wash it thoroughly 3-4 times before soaking.
* It is convenient to grind cotton only when it is well wet.
* For those who do not like adding jaggery, you can also add blackcurrant.
* After adding coconut milk, adding a little grated coconut to it will make the cotton milk even tastier.
