Coconut, Lemon, and Turmeric Chia Pudding
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Recipe type: Breakfast, Dessert
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Serves: 500ml
 
This Turmeric Chia Pudding is fantastically healing and is a great source of dietary fibre, protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and antioxidants. It is also suitable for vegans.
Ingredients
For the pudding:
  • 400ml tin coconut milk
  • 1" piece fresh turmeric or 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1" piece fresh root ginger (optional but increases curcumin absorption)
  • Juice and zest of 1 lemon
  • ⅛ to ¼ cup maple syrup (depending upon your tastes!)
  • ¼ cup plus ⅛ cup (roughly 90ml in total) chia seeds
Optional toppings:
Instructions
  1. Start by blending your coconut milk, turmeric, and ginger in a Nutribullet type blender. If you find that your coconut milk isn't combining until smooth it could be too cold - gently heat in a saucepan until the coconut cream only just melts! It should only become hand hot.
  2. Next blend in your lemon juice and zest and maple syrup.
  3. In a 500ml mason jar (preferably with an airtight clip locking system) combine your turmeric milk mixture and your chia seeds and whisk until fully incorporated. If you don't own a small enough whisk to fit into the jar then you will have to follow the steps using a mixing bowl and simply transfer to your jar at the end.
  4. Place in the fridge and leave to stand for 30 mins to 1 hour until all of the moisture has been absorbed. If you are one of those people who isn't a fan of the 'frog spawn' like nature of the chia pudding then simply place in your food processor for a good 5 minutes until it resembles something much more like that familiar pudding like texture we all used to love as kids.
  5. Serve hot or cold, straight, or with some scrummy toppings.
Notes
*Preparation Time is less than 10 minutes plus a 30-60 mins setting time.
**Please note that all cup measurements used are British cups and thus equal to 250ml.
Recipe by Greens of the Stone Age at https://greensofthestoneage.com/coconut-lemon-and-turmeric-chia-pudding/