Fresh Cococane - Nam oy mak phao sot

Fresh Cococane

Lao script
ນ້ຳອ້ອຍມະພ້າວສົດ

English spelling (how to say it)
Nam oy mak phao sot

• Nam oy = sugarcane juice

• mak phao = coconut

• sot = fresh

How it’s made

Cococane - ນ້ຳອ້ອຍມະພ້າວ is fresh sugarcane juice mixed with young coconut water, then poured over crushed ice. Street stalls press the cane first, then cut it with coconut so it stays light, not heavy like coconut milk.

One large cup

• 8–10 ounces freshly pressed sugarcane juice

• 3–4 ounces young coconut water

• 1–2 tablespoons young coconut meat, blended or chopped (optional)

• Squeeze of lime (optional)

• Pinch of salt

• Ice to the top

Steps

1. Press fresh sugarcane through a mill. Strain out the pulp.

2. Open a young coconut. Pour the water into the cane juice.

3. Add a little coconut meat if you want body. Blend 3–5 seconds only. Don’t turn it into smoothie.

4. Add lime and a pinch of salt. Taste. It should be sweet, grassy, and clean.

5. Fill a cup with crushed ice. Pour the mix over it. Straw, done.

Taste: sweet cane first, then light coconut. Colder and cleaner than coconut milk drinks.