Coconut Chia Pudding
Chia seeds are incredibly healthy and extremely versatile and can be used as egg substitutes or thickeners in soups, puddings and the like.
Ingredients
- 2 cups coconut milk or cashew milk
- 2 tbsp chia seeds
- 2 tbsp desiccated coconut (optional)
- ¼ tsp vanilla essence or vanilla powder
- Sweetener as desired – chopped and soaked dried fruit/date paste
Method
Grind the chia seeds in a coffee grinder. Warm the coconut milk and then add in the chia seeds and other ingredients, except the dried fruit (if you are using it). Stir until it thickens, as the chia seeds swell. If you are using soaked dried fruit as the sweetener, then add that in the end and serve. (For example, soaked dried mango will produce a wonderful coconut mango pudding.) Serve warm.
Variation
If you prefer to eat the pudding cold, add all the ingredients and let the pudding thicken by itself. No cooking is required – you have a wonderful raw pudding if you use dried fruits as a sweetener.
For Serving
You can assemble the pudding with fresh fruit of choice like strawberries and mango
Serves 2-3