{{Short description|Indian drink}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox food | name = Solkadhi | image = Solkadhi.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Sol kadhi | alternate_name = | country = India | region = Konkan region(coastal Maharashtra, Goa and parts of Karnataka) | creator = | course = Appetizer | served = | main_ingredient = Kokum, Coconut milk | variations = | calories = | other = | type = Drink }} '''Solkadhi''' is a type of probiotic drink, an appetizer originating from the Indian subcontinent, usually consumed with rice or sometimes after a meal. Popular in the Konkan regions, especially Maharashtra (Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri district) Goa, Mangalore, Northern parts of Karnataka (especially Belagavi) and parts of coastal Maharashtra, it is made from coconut milk and dried kokum skins (agal/amsul), whose anthocyanin pigments provide a deep purple-pink colour. <!--{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}. Garcinia indica, or Kokum, owing to the presence of a high concentration of anthocyanins, is a great antioxidant that works like an anticarcinogenic and anti-aging agent. It is known for its digestive, refreshing, cleansing and cooling properties. It is a summer fruit. The fruit is deseeded and the juice extract and the skin is mixed with salt and sun dried. The salty sour deep pink color juice extract is known as 'agal' and it used to marinate fish. Agal mixed with sugar, cumin powder and water makes kokum sherbet. The dried salty sour black color skin is kokum. The dried seeds are used for oil extraction which has medicinal use.-->
==Preparation== Solkadhi <ref>{{Cite web |last=jogeshwari misal |first=jogeshwari misal |title=solkadhi |url=https://jogeshwarimisal.com/ }}</ref> is prepared with the liquid extract of fresh coconut known as coconut milk. It is usually mixed with agal or kokum, a little bit of salt, and chili-garlic paste for taste and probiotic contents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amit |first=Dassana |date=2022-01-20 |title=Solkadhi Recipe {{!}} Solkadi (Kokum Curry) |url=https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/kokum-curry-sol-kadhi/ |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=Dassana's Veg Recipes |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230802-kokum-indias-naturally-cooling-fruit-juice |title=Kokum: India's naturally cooling fruit juice |date=2023-08-03 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=BBC |last=Abhyankar |first=Shoma}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Indian beverages * {{portal-inline|Food}}
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite web|url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/docs/toi/dec18-1995.html|title=Malvani food|first=Suresh|last= Desai|work=The Times of India | date=18 December 1995 |publisher=Department of Theoretical Physics (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research). |access-date=2009-01-04}}
==External links== {{Indian dishes}}
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