Alouda
Alouda is a delicious cold beverage made with milk, basil seeds and agar-agar jelly which is especially refreshing on a hot summer day.
Recipe Ingredients
- ½ Litre of water
- 10g | 1 Cup Agar Agar Flakes
- 1 tbsp Basil seeds (Tukmaria), soaked
- ½ Litre of milk (full fat)
- 1 tin of evaporated milk
- ½ tin condensed milk (adjust sweetness to taste)
- 1 tsp almond flavour or extract (or flavour of choice)
- Green food colouring, a few drops (or colour of choice)
Instructions
- 1
Soak the basil seeds in water for 30-40 minutes.
- 2
Pour 1/2 litre of water into a saucepan.
- 3
Add 1 cup (10g) of agar agar flakes to the water and stir.
- 4
Boil for 25-30 minutes until the water turns clear.
- 5
Pour the boiled agar agar mixture into a flat dish and allow it to set for a few hours.
- 6
Once set, grate the agar agar jelly.
- 7
Pour 1/2 litre of milk into a saucepan.
- 8
Add 1 tin of evaporated milk.
- 9
Add 1/2 tin of condensed milk, adjusting sweetness to taste.
- 10
Boil on medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- 11
Add 1 tsp almond flavour and stir.
- 12
Add a few drops of green food colouring and stir.
- 13
Continue stirring for 10 minutes, then turn off the heat; allow to cool and chill for a few hours.
- 14
Add about 2 tbsp of grated agar agar jelly to a glass.
- 15
Add 2 tbsp of soaked basil seeds to the glass.
- 16
Pour the chilled green milk mixture into the glass.
- 17
Stir and serve cold.
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Credits: Source: Cuisine Mauritian