Fresh Coconut Milk
"Make your own coconut milk to use in South Indian,Thai or Ceylonese Curry dishes."
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Yields:
-
1 quart
ingredients
- 2 fresh coconuts
- 1 quart of lukewarm water
directions
- Pierce 2 of the eyes in the top of each coconut and drain off the coconut water.
- Crack open the nuts; remove and grate the flesh.
- Place the grated coconut in a bowl with 1-cup water.
- Leave to stand for 30 minutes, then gradually blend the mixture in a blender and strain it through a fine sieve to obtain thick coconut milk.
- Add the remaining water to the sieved coconut and allow to stand for another 30 minutes.
- Blend and sieve as before to obtain thin coconut milk.
- Thin coconut milk can be used as the liquid when steaming vegetables.
- The thick coconut milk is poured over the vegetables the last couple of minutes of cooking time to warm it before the dish is served.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mini Ravindran
United Arab Emirates
A people's person who never entertains one thing in life -- larger than life EGO of people.
My hobbies are numerous and diverse. They range from being an avid reader to decorating home, loving cats, embroidery, painting, writing poems and letters to friends, endless thinking, collecting candles, music, trying various cuisines and reaching out to people.
I love cooking and devising ways to smash set patterns of cooking. I do not like over use of spices in the cooking and am dead against using readymade or canned ingredients.
Cooking is my favourite prescription for busting all the stress that I accumulate in the work place.
