ILANEER NANNARI SARBATH - TENDER COCONUT & NANNARI SARBATH

 

      Ilaneer Nannari Sarbath is a cool & refreshing combination of Tender Coconut Water, a syrup made from a cooling natured herb Nannari/Sarsaparilla and Lemon, served with Tender Coconut shavings for a more comforting and refreshing feel.  This is a wonderful drink with a perfect combination of taste, flavour, aroma and above all, it cools down your body heat.  But all these years I have never made this combination of Tender Coconut and Nannari.  It is my daughter who is frequently travelling to India this year bought along with her, this recipe. The drink is an utter treat with a cool and refreshing feel.
     The arrival of summer in India calls for quite a lot of natural cooling agents in the form of food and drinks. Quite a lot of ingredients to beat down the heat are used in daily cooking during the season.  It is a common scenario in every household to keep some type of syrups in stock for ready to use during summers.  My husband buys bottles of Nannari Sarbath and Rose Syrup from a vendor at 5 Corner in Coimbatore. He loves Lemon Juice prepared with Nannari Syrup.  To date, it is a practice to buy Nannari and Rose Syrup from the same place every time we visit our hometown.
         Nannari/Sarsaparilla is a herb which cools down the body heat and helps to get rid of dehydration. Nannari as such has a lot of medicinal properties.  In olden days they used to add few Nannari/Vetiver Roots into the earthen pot in which water is stored.  The aroma along with its medicinal benefits gets infused into the water. Our ancestors have had their own way to tackle the seasons, maybe Summer or Winter the food and regime followed by them were so much down to earth. They lived a life so close to nature that their lifestyle was precisely healthy - sticking on to the rule "FOOD AS MEDICINE".


Cuisine - South Indian
Recipe Type - Drink
Difficulty - Easy
Serves - 1- 2
Author - SM  

Preparation Time : 3 -5 Minutes


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HOW TO MAKE ILANEER NANNARI SARBATH - TENDER COCONUT & NANNARI SARBATH

ILANEER NANNARI SARBATH - TENDER COCONUT & NANNARI SARBATH

INGREDIENTS :

Tender Coconut - 1 Coconut
Nannari Syrup - 2 Tbspn
Lemon - 1/2 No.
Tender Coconut Shavings - Few Tspns

METHOD:

• Extract the Tender Coconut Water.
  
• Scoop out the tender pulpy flesh with a spoon and keep it aside.
• Squeeze out the juice from Lemon.
• Combine the Tender Coconut Water, Lemon Juice and Nannari Syrup.
• Top it up with few Ice cubes and Whisk the ingredients until well combined.
• Pour it out into the serving Glass.
• Serve Ilaneer Nannari Sarbath with few teaspoons of tender pulpy flesh.
• Serve Ilaneer Nannari Sarbath immediately.

NOTES :

• Choose Tender Coconut that has tender pulpy flesh.  The flesh shouldn't be thick.
• Can prepare the same drink without Nannari/Sarsaparilla Syrup too.