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Lemon Curd Chia Pudding. 5 Ingredient Thick Lemon Coconut Milk Turmeric Pudding with Chia seeds. This zesty pudding is a refreshing treat for Summer. Serve with whipped coconut cream. Vegan gluten-free nut-free soy-free Recipe. Pin this for later.
Its been getting cooler the past few days and I was wondering where the Summer went. Hint, remember the 2 weeks of unbreable heat? That was the PNW summer. Oh wait, the heat is back later this week.
On some of the super hot days, we all need something to refresh and fill us up for a snack or breakfast. Cue Lemon + chia! Lemon zest and juice and mixed with full fat coconut milk and sweetener. Then some chia seeds are mixed in to make it into a thick creamy pudding. Add some vanilla or other flavors of choice.
The lemon zest + juice + coconut milk + sweetener is super delicious by itself and can substitute as a thinner lemon curd when chilled. Chia seeds make it into one filling and delicious pudding or treat. Add more or less turmeric for the color or to make a Turmeric Lemon Chia Pudding. Be sure to let the chia seeds sit for a while for best results. And also hydrate well (drink water!) when eating decent amount of chia seeds in pudding or other form.
Serve with a dollop of coconut cream or whipped coconut or non dairy cream and a sprinkle of lemon zest. For variation, use lime juice and lime zest or lime bar pudding. So easy and so Good!
More summery treats from the blog. All GF
- Mango Mojito
- Orange cream floats
- Vegan Cookie dough Blizzard
- Mocha Milk shake
- Brownie Batter Chia Smoothie
This recipe is also in my second cookbook! Loads of meals and meals and some desserts in Vegan Richa’s Everyday Kitchen.
On another note, how hard it is to photograph chia seed puddings!
Lemon Curd Chia Pudding
Ingredients
- Zest of a large lemon, or 2 small lemons
- Juice of 2 large lemons
- 13.5 or 15 oz can full fat coconut milk, about 1.5 cups
- 1/4 cup water, optional
- 3 tbsp or more sweetener, I use raw sugar
- a good pinch of salt
- 1/4 tsp or more turmeric
- 3 tbsp or more chia seeds, 5 to 6 tbsp for well set pudding
Instructions
- Blend the lemon zest, juice, coconut milk, water, sweetener, salt and turmeric until well combined. Add chia seeds and pulse once or twice to distribute the chia seeds well.
- Taste and adjust sweet and tang. Add more lemon juice or zest to taste and mix/blend in.
- Pour the mixture into glasses. Chill overnight in the refrigerator. Stir once after an hour or so to distribute the chia seeds if needed.
- Garnish with whipped coconut cream and lemon zest and serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Hello, I’m not a fan of coconut. Could I use oat milk? Or does the lemon flavor hide the coconut flavor? Thx!
I can barely taste the coconut, if at all. It’s totally lemon. You could always zest the second lemon and add more zest at the end if needed. I rarely experiment with recipes, so take this with a grain of salt, but you may be able to substitute a watered-down silken tofu or use some cashews. It’d just need to be runny enough for the chia to set up in.
Hi Richa! I’m having some problems with curdling in this recipe. Any recommendations/tricks?
if all of the ingredients are fresh and you’re also stirring once after an hour or so to distribute the chia seeds if needed it should be fine. sometimes i have to stir it before serving also
It’s not necessarily curdling. It’s probably just separating. Depends on brand of coconut mil. Mix well.
What brands of coconut milk would you recommend?
I have not yet tried the recipe.
you can really use any kind that you like/prefer!
Wow, so great! Used white chia seeds and pureed at high speed for a creamy texture.
Just made this using the Silk heavy whipping “cream”. It tastes great and I’m very, very impatient to wait overnight! Planning to use it for lemon bars.
haha – I hope that you were you able to wait
Oh my goodness, this is delicious! It’s still setting in the fridge, but I snuck a bite and I am so excited to have it for dessert tonight! It is scratching that lemony itch! Thank you!!
perfect, lemony itch, haha
Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy – and gorgeous! WOW! This is heaven on earth – tart, sweet and creamy perfection!
Amazing
So delicious! I made this with Vanilla Coconut “beverage” instead of coconut milk from the can for sort of a diet treat and its fantastic.!
Thanks for sharing, I was looking for a lower fat/calorie option. I LOVE the recipe as-written but sometimes need something a little less intense 🙂
thanks for stopping by
this chia seed pudding was “FIRE” according to my husband.❤️
lol love it!
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
sure Vanessa – 3 days in the fridge
This looks so good! I’ve never seen these flavors in a chia pudding before!
thanks! let me know how you like it