Tiger Nut Milk Recipe - Kunu Aya or aki Hausa
Tiger nuts, known as Kunun Aya in Hausa, Aki Hausa in Igbo and Horchata de Chufas in Spanish are very abundant in Nigeria and some major cities of the world.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 21 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 cups Tiger Nuts
- 10 dates
- 1500 ml of water
Instructions
- 1
You will need four cups of tiger nuts (Aki Hausa or Aya). If it is dried you need to soak it in clean water for 36 hours before your blender would attempt blending it. :D
- 2
If you live outside Nigeria, chances are that you would only find the dry nuts. Soak them in plenty of cold water for 36 hours before attempting to turn them into kunun aya
- 3
You will need a juice maker or a really smart blender, otherwise, it cannot blend it. You could attempt using a hand grinding machine alternatively.
- 4
crack the dates to remove the seeds.
- 5
You can blend in batches if you are using a blender.
- 6
Strain using a handkerchief
- 7
This is how you get tiger nut milk in 3 easy steps.
- 8
Serve chilled.