TENDER COCONUT JUICE/ ELANEER/BONDA JUICE

We mangaloreans love coconut in all forms, be it in curry or in laddu and even in juice. Yes u heard it right .The coconut flesh or meat makes it special and tasty .

This refreshing summer sip will quench your thirst and please your palate. 
INGREDIENTS 

• Tender coconut water 1ltr
• Tender  coconut flesh  1 cup
• Sugar 1/2 cup

    Prepping

Pierce a hole in the coconut and remove the water in a bowl.Using a spoon or a scooper remove the tender coconut (cream) from the inside of the coconut. 

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• Method
• Take the coconut water ,1/2 cup of  the tender coconut flesh and the sugar, and put it in a Blender
• .Blend till the tender coconut is fully blended in with the coconut water. This hardly takes time.Pour the Tender Coconut Juice in a bowl and add the remaining tender coconut flesh and freeze it for 10 minutes. 
• This juice tastes even better when it’s served cold.Now pour it into a serving and serve chilled.
• NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS 
• Coconut water is a very refreshing drink to beat the torching tropical summer thirst. Its liquid is packed with simple sugars, electrolytes, and minerals to replenish dehydration conditions inside the human body.
• Research studies suggest that cytokinins (e.g., kinetin and trans-zeatin) in coconut water found to have significant anti-ageing, anti-carcinogenic, and anti-thrombotic (anti-clot formation) effects.
• Coconut water is offered to patients with diarrhea in many tropic regions to replace the fluid loss from the gastrointestinal tract and to reduce the need for hospitalisation. The osmolarity of tender coconut water is slightly greater than that of WHO recommended ORS (Oral Rehydration Therapy) solution. The presence of other biological constituents like amino acids, enzymes, minerals, and fatty acids may account for this higher osmolarity. Nonetheless, unlike WHO-ORS, its water is very low in sodium and chlorides, but rich in sugars and amino acids. This well-balanced fluid composition, along with much-needed calories, would be an ideal drink instead of any other kind of soft drink beverages available in the markets to correct dehydration conditions.
• Coconut water is composed of many naturally occurring bioactive enzymes such as acid phosphatase, catalase, dehydrogenase, diastase, peroxidase, RNA-polymerases, etc. In effect, these enzymes help in the digestion and metabolism.
• Despite being very light in consistency, its water proportionately has better composition of minerals like calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium, and zinc than some of the fruit juices like oranges. (Compare the mineral composition of oranges).
• Its liquid is also a an excellent source of the B-complex vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, pyridoxine, and folates. These vitamins are essential in the sense that the human body requires them from external sources to replenish.
• Coconut water carries a good amount of electrolyte potassium. 100 ml of water has 250 mg of potassium and 105 mg of sodium. Together, these electrolytes help replenish electrolyte deficiency in the body due to diarrhea (loose stools).
• Further, fresh coconut water has a small amount of vitamin-C (Ascorbic acid); It provides about 2.4 mg or 4% of RDA. Vitamin-C is a water soluble antioxidant.