Papaya Milk 木瓜牛奶
Papaya Milk 木瓜牛奶
This is a popular drink in Asian countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. This is my simple home-version. I thought of doing this because I have leftover papaya from making papaya, snow fungus and almonds dessert. The papaya was a little over-ripe and soft so I thought it will be nicer in a drink than eating it on its own. It turns out really nice and a healthy, refreshing drink. Some people also believe that this drink is beneficial to expectant mothers because it is nutritious. For other known properties of this drink, check out the comments ;)
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Ingredients
(makes one glass)
- 200g ripe & sweet papaya flesh, cut into small chunks *
- 200ml fresh milk
- 1 tsp honey (adjust to your liking)* If you have a whole papaya, slice away the papaya skin (using a vegetable peeler or knife). Cut the papaya in half lengthwise, and use a spoon to scrap out all the seeds.
Directions
1. Blend everything together in a blender until you can get a smooth consistency.
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This is one must-have drink when papaya in season! They are so expensive now here….
It’s a good natural medicine for constipation too, hehe…
This was actually my breakfast when I was in Indonesia. Papaya is so cheap there and healthy. I didn’t add any milk and honey, thou. Just water and blend.
I like to eat papaya but not a fan of 木瓜牛奶 …
I thought 木瓜牛奶 is the secret to big boobs? (sorry to be saying that in a food blog) :O
I know but I don’t dare to write … thanks for helping me comment about it lol
Looks very refreshing, healthy and delicious. I wish I can get nice papaya here to make this.
omg! This is one of my fav drink. But papaya is so expensive here *cry*
I heard this papaya milkshke is good for big boobs :).
hehehe
awkkkkkkk thanks to my mom for shoving me a plate of papaya every single day when i was younger, now i am so scared of papaya :D
but i bet this could be done with other fruits that i like…maybe durian heheheh
LOL! My thought too (as tigerfish) :P
Taiwanese girls loveeeeee this drink! Erm, so do i. Haha!
lol :p
Hahaha tigerfish’ comment is so funny! I’ve never heard that!
The drink sounds great wiffy =) Was actually going to do a few milk shake posts soon too, after an inspired experience I had in Phuket…
look forward to your milk shake posts :)
Very nice drink. The drinks stall probably use condensed milk which is a bit unhealthier. I like your healthy version.
I think sometimes the drinks stall tend to add too much water, hence they need to thicken/sweeten with condensed milk, hehe
haha.. papaya milkshake.. it looks good.. i think it is best to drink after took out from the fridge =]
Papaya is my son’s favorite fruit or the only fruit that he will eat it willingly. We love to put a little bit of lime juice. Milkshake version looks yummy! Will try this soon :)
That looks so refreshing! Good way of using up your leftovers.
It’s a very healthy drink! This is good for those who don’t like to eat the fruit. You can mask the papaya smell by throwing in some zest of lime or lemon.
great tip :)
you always have the best ideas for drinks! what a great way to utilize leftover papaya :)
for me i didn’t add honey though, and it still taste good!
:)
your papaya very sweet then, that’s good :)
I always have this constipation problem. Eating papaya is one of my remedies. Now I have another healthy version in my list. :) Thank you for sharing.
That’s what I do to my over-riped papayas too but I don’t add any sweetener as the over-riped papaya is already sweet on its own.
I’ve heard that papaya milk shake is good for boobs development, so that’s also one of the reason why I’m making this for my girls, and all the papaya soups and desserts :P
good to give your girls an early head start :p
I think I’ve actually only eaten papaya in those awful fruit salads that come in the plastic cups. This, on the other hand, looks delicious and fresh. Seems like I need to grab a ripe papaya from the store pronto to give this a try.
Yum, I make this all the time when I have overripe papayas. Or ones that aren’t sweet. Love drinking this. I’ve also heard the rumors of what this milk is supposed to do…and I can say that it definitely didn’t work for me. After my mom read about it, I started drinking a few cups a day for a few months..nothing. Hehe
I love dried papaya so I think that I would like such milkshake too :)
I want to try this, do you think it will work if i use a hand held immersion blender?
I think it will work, because you just want to blend them till smooth.
We actually add condensed milk to the mixture instead of honey–next time I will try the honey! In the U.S. we have a latin food brand GOYA and they make frozen papaya puree that also works well for this milkshake!
Yeah, it’s very popular in HK. Whenever I go back to HK, I’d definitely buy this delicious cool drink when we’re in hot days. It’s very nutritious too.
I’ve had this before and it is delicious. When I first heard of it I was thinking “yucks”. But surprisingly it was so tasty. I guess for anyone who doesn’t like papayas, this would be a no-no. You can do the same for honey dew melon as well, but probably omit the honey.
Interesting! I have never had this before!
This is so simple and also so amazing! Papaya is Just delicious. I love the creamy texture of it. Perfect!
Mmm, one of my favorites!
Delicious! This is so beautiful…..
just curious… is there a specific way to blend this? I’ve heard low into medium is the best way, curious to other peoples comments :)
I made this with soy milk, and it turns out that papaya ans pawpaw contain an enzyme that coagulates soymilk! It was definitely surprising when I retrieved the drink I had put in earlier to find it was now a mousse XD it was still delicious though. great recipe.