Otai 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.

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: TONGAN COCONUT WATERMELON DRINK

Steps:

• Stage 1 - Blend Non-Watermelon Ingredients In a blender, combine your mango, shredded coconut, coconut milk, honey and lime juice
• Blend together until they are all well combined and you have a nice orangey liquid formed. Don't worry if it's a bit too thick, since it will mix with water from the watermelon
• Place your watermelon in a large bowl. The larger the bowl, the better... just in case things might get a little messy
• With either a masher (like you would for mashed potatoes) or a fork, mash your watermelon down into smaller pieces. You'll want to keep some of the watermelon pieces intact, but otherwise mash the rest to free liquid
• To make your watermelon drink complete, combine your mango/coconut milk puree with your mashed watermelon in your large bowl. Mix around thoroughly until all ingredients are well merged together
• Transfer your 'otai to a cup or a pitcher, and enjoy!

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.