Description
A completely natural sweet sap before fermentation, collected from coconut (or palmyra palm) flower buds. A phantom health drink drinkable only for a few hours before dawn.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Palm sap(unfermented)
Instructions
- Climb palm trees at night, cut flower bud tips, hang pots, collect dripping sap (Neera) overnight.
- Once the sun rises and temp increases, natural fermentation starts turning it into alcohol (Toddy); hurry to collect before dawn.
- Pour newly collected cold, sweet Neera into a glass, drinking as is without any processing or flavoring.
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Key spices
None
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Coconut water (sweetness is completely different but as a palm drink)
Pairing
Early morning walk、Before breakfast
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Neera' before becoming alcoholic is a treasure trove of minerals/vitamins, prized as 'natural medicine' for anemia/gastritis. As time passes it becomes alcoholic 'Toddy', truly a living drink.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Feeling the cool early morning breeze under a palm tree, gulp the cold, nourishing earthly nectar like water instantly!
Allergen
None