Futi Kadi Recipe |The Mad Scientists Kitchen

Replace your mocktails this year with a glass of this delicious Healthy Phuti Kadi.

Enjoy this yum glass of Futi Kadi — Goan Kokum Kadhi without Coconut Milk

A delicious Goan Kokum Kadhi without Coconut Milk is the yummiest. Futi is used, which means no milk is used, so this sol kadhi is made sans coconut.

How will like my Kadi? In a glass as it has a tangy, spicy and garlicky undertone, which is delicious. Do you want to try a tasty drink that you have heard of but never tried?

Goa is not all about booze; we have some amazingly non-alcoholic drinks, too, that are part of our food habits.

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Why Futi Kadi?
What is the Kokum?
Futi Kadi Recipe
How do you serve Futi Kadhi?

Why Futi Kadi?

Phuti Kadhi is spicy and tangy, and the salt and sugar help, especially in the hot, humid Goan climate. Kokum Kadhi cools your body and refreshes you immediately.

Futi Kadi is a digestive, antacid, and cooling drink that is also a curry. A Goan normally ends his meal with either Sol Kadhi or Futi Kadhi.

What is the Kokum?

To make this Futi Kadhi, you need Binna Sola/died kokum peels. Sour and beautifully coloured Binna or fresh Kokum is a seasonal fruit available in the summer. Sola or Binna Sol are souring agents used in Goan/Konkan cuisine.

The fresh Binna fruit is used to make Binna Sherbet, a strong concentrate of the Binna. Some sugar may be added to it as a preservative and sola the dried fruits. The seeds from the fruit are used to make what is called binnel, which is full of fat locally. My mother called this solmaana and used it to heal her chapped heels.

Did you know that in Ayurveda, Sola or Kokum with garlic and a sprig of coriander is heart-friendly food? A close friend recommended it to us!

Futi Kadi a Goan curry and drink — Futi Kadhi

Ingredients for Phuti Kadi:

Futi Kadi is not a fixed recipe. If you ask a Goan homemaker, she will rattle off the ingredients she uses. The trick is to achieve the balance you like. However, let us check what you will need.

Kokum or Sola: Kokum is the main ingredient in making Futi Kadi or even Sol Kadhi, the Coconut milk kadhi. The colour and taste of your Kadhi will depend on the quality and age of your Kokum. The older ones are generally discarded.
Garlic: Garlic is used to flavour the kadi and use diligently as the flavour can quickly become overpowering.
Hing/Asafoetida: In Goa, we swear by Shankar Chaap hing, but we use any good quality hing.
Green Chillies: The chillies are slit and added to the mixture. Generally, we discard the chilli before serving.
Salt and Sugar: To balance the taste adjust as per your liking.
Coriander Leaves: Use fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped; it does add to the flavours.

Recipe Card:

Futi Kadi Recipe

Sol Kadhi is made sans coconut is Futi Kadhi it has a tangy, spicy and garlicy undertone which is delicious.

5 from 10 votes

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Course: Appetizers-Starters, Drinks

Cuisine: Goan Cuisine, Indian

Keyword: Home Remedies, Indian Curry, Mocktails, Simple and healthy diet in old age, Sol Kadi Recipe

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 2

Steeping Time:: 30

Total Time: 37

Servings: people

Calories: 30kcal

Author: ArchanaPotdar

Equipment

Mixing bowl
Glass

Ingredients

3 glasses water
5-6 kokum/sola
2 cloves garlic crushed
asafoetida Shankar Chaap preferred
2 green chillies slit
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoon coriander leaves finely chopped
salt to taste

Instructions

Take about ½ glass of water and warm it. Get it off the flame.
Add sugar, salt, hing, garlic, chillies and the sola. Cover and set aside to steep.
After about 30 minutes add rest of the water and adjust the seasoning.
When ready to serve add the coriander leaves.

Notes

If you are in a hurry then add more sola but the best Futi kadi we have had is when this mixture steeps longer.
Add ginger juliennes or garted as a variation.
Another variation is adding jeera powder and lemon. But I will go easy on the lemons.
If you do not have kokum use the kokum sherbet you bought in Goa to make this drink. Take care as this has sugar.

Variations to Sol Kadi:

The most common and popular variation add coconut milk to the kadi. You get sol kadhi but the quantity that this is you will need litre and litres of coconut milk. Unless you seperate the sola and use the rest to make coconut milk. To much work I rather not.
Add ginger juliennes or grated to the Futi Kadi.
Add Jeera Powder or Cumin Seed powder and lemon. This I loved in my friends place but I will go easy on lemon juice.

Relax and enjoy your futi kadhi with me! — Binna Kadi

How do you serve Futi Kadhi?

This is a delicious drink that I love, and we make it often. Generally, we let it steep, and it's on the dining table. Anyone can just pour a glass and have it. You can serve it as a drink or with steamed rice and a spicy curry. Try it.