Southeast Asia Fruit Cooler

Name: Southeast Asia Fruit Cooler
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients: ⅓ cup sweetened condensed milk; ⅓ cup fresh lime juice, or more to taste; 2 ripe bananas, peeled and diced; 3 cups diced fresh strawberries, plus 6 small whole strawberries, for garnish; 3 cups seeded, diced watermelon; ⅓ cup sugar, or more to taste

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Barbecue Bible

By Steven Raichlen

Published 1998

About

Across between a milk shake and a dessert, this refreshing cooler is sold at street stalls and markets throughout Southeast Asia. Sweetened condensed milk is the dairy product of choice here because it will not spoil in the tropical heat. Feel free to vary the fruits.

Ingredients

3 cups seeded, diced watermelon
3 cups diced fresh strawberries, plus 6 small

Asia
Drinks
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Working in batches, combine the watermelon, diced strawberries, bananas, lime juice, sugar, condensed milk, and ice in a blender and blend until smooth. Taste for flavoring, adding more lime juice and/or sugar as necessary. Serve the coolers at once in 6 tall glasses garnished with the whole strawberries and straws.