Otai Tongan Watermelon Drink Recipes

'OTAI (TONGAN WATERMELON DRINK)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combined the shredded watermelon (use a fork, large-holed grater, or melon scraper to shred) with the crushed pineapple and juice, shredded coconut, and coconut milk.
• Mix in 2-3 cups water to desired consistency. Stir in sugar to taste.
• Serve chilled with crushed ice if desired.

TONGAN OTAI (COCONUT WATERMELON DRINK) RECIPE - (4.7/5)

Steps:

• Add watermelon flesh to a large bowl. Crush it, using a potato masher or by pulsing with a blender (regular or immersion). You want to leave it with some texture and body. In Tonga, this used to be done by grating the watermelon with something like a fork. When you get the texture to where you like it, stir in the coconut milk and fresh squeezed lime juice.

POLYNESIAN WATERMELON DRINK ('OTAI)

Steps:

• Grate watermelon with a fork from the rind into a large bowl, leaving no large chunks. Stir water, pineapple, evaporated milk, and coconut into the grated watermelon. Add sugar; stir until dissolved. Squeeze lime juice into the watermelon mixture.

OTAI

Steps:

• Grate the pineapple into a large container.
• Finely chop the watermelon, or scrape the melon and the juice into the pineapple.
• Sprinkle with sugar.
• Add the fresh coconut flesh directly to the fruit or by making a rich coconut cream from the grated coconut and adding the cream to the fruit juices.
• Dilute with the water.
• Chill and serve.