Tender Coconut pudding/ Elaneer pudding

Back home during summers Amma used to ask our coconut picker to drop few tender coconuts every time he comes for his monthly picking, after slurping the fresh juice me and my sisters used to fight for scooping out the thin tender coconut shavings. During those school/college days I was not fond of usual cooking and never cooked but when it comes to desserts, my eyes always used to lit up. I still remember making a bread pudding during my 17’s or 18’s and serving my family with pride. I am sure if I had known about this pudding then I would have definitely tried making it with plentiful tender coconut available.

Ever since I learnt about this dessert I was so desperate to make to this. I used to gaze at the tender coconuts in Indian shops here which makes  special appearance during festive occasions but without the vettu kathi/ chopper there was no point in buying them. Hammer works well for me to crack the coconut shell so I never had the need of vettu kathi to crack my coconuts, so last year when I went to India I decided to pack one chopper in check in luggage just for chopping my tender coconut, but at the last moment I dropped the plan as I was worried about security checking. After that, I never thought I would be able to make tender coconut pudding in my kitchen here until I saw this frozen young coconut shavings in a Korean shop here. They had cans of young coconut water too, so picked up both and tried making it. Finally I can cross of my desire to make tender coconut pudding for the time being. It was a delicious dessert but I think   the frozen tender coconut didn’t do compete justice to my pudding so I will be trying it again during my next vacation with fresh tender coconut J

Ingredients ( serves 6)

Tender Coconuts shavings – 1cup ( from 2 tender coconuts)

Tender coconut water – 1 cup

Milk – 2 cup

Water – ½ cup

Gelatin – 15g/ 5 tsp

Condensed milk/Milk maid – 200 ml / ½ tin

Sugar – ½ cup or as per your sweetness

Method

• In a blender puree the tender coconut shavings with coconut water.
• In a heatproof bowl add boiling water and add gelatin and dissolve, keep it aside.
• Place milk, condensed milk and sugar  in saucepan and warm till sugar dissolves. Let it cool down a bit.
• Add tender coconut puree to it and mix well.
• Finally add the gelatin mixture and mix.
• Pour the mixture into serving bowl and chill for 3-4 hours or until set.