🇹🇴 Tongan Cuisine

Coconut Toddy Tonga

Fresh Coconut Sap Drink

Prep Time 5 min
Servings 2
Difficulty Easy
Calories 80 kcal

Sweet sap from coconut flowers served fresh. A natural, traditional beverage.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups coconut toddy
  • Ice cubes
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • Mint leaves
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 tsp honey
  • Straining cloth
  • Fresh water

Instructions

  1. 1 Collect fresh toddy.
  2. 2 Strain through cloth.
  3. 3 Add lime and honey.
  4. 4 Add salt.
  5. 5 Pour over ice.
  6. 6 Garnish with mint.

Did You Know?

In Tonga, toddy is sometimes fermented into a mildly alcoholic drink called kava toddy.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/tongan/coconut-toddy-tonga/