Ingredients: for fresh homemade coconut milk (800 ml approx.)

Fresh coconut 2 cups

Water 2 cups + 3/4th - 1 cup

Method:

Roughly chop the fresh coconut and transfer in a grinding jar, along with water, grind as fine as possible.

Use a sieve and a muslin cloth, transfer the coconut paste in the muslin cloth, squeeze well to extract the coconut milk.

Further reuse the pulp by putting back in the grinding jar, and add additional water, repeat the same process to extract maximum coconut milk.

Your fresh homemade coconut milk is ready, this will yield you approximately 800 ml of coconut milk. Keep aside to be used for making khao swe.

Ingredients: for soup

Onion 2 medium size

Garlic 6-7 cloves

Ginger 1 inch

Green chillies 1-2 nos.

Coriander stems 1 tbsp

Oil 1 tbsp

Powdered spices:1. Haldi (Turmeric) powder 2 tsp2. Lal mirch (Red chilli) powder 2 tsp3. Dhaniya (Coriander) powder 1 tsp4. Jeera (cumin) powder 1 tsp

Veggies:1. Farsi (french beans) ½ cup2. Gajar (Carrots) ½ cup3. Baby corn ½ cup

Vegetable stock / hot water 750 ml

Gud (jaggery) 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Besan (gram flour) 1 tbsp

Coconut milk 800 ml

Method:

In a grinding jar add, onions, garlic, ginger, green chillies & coriander stems, add little water and grind into a fine paste.....