How to: Coconut Milk

Name: How to: Coconut Milk
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: 1 coconut; Filtered warm water

9 steps

Prep:30min

Coconut milk is one of those ancient plant based creams/milk. I learned how to make creamy coconut milk from my lovely team back in Juna’s Eatery. You want creamy coconut milk? Here are the secrets: 1. Shred the coconut meat, 2. Use warm to hot water to soak the shredded coconut 3. Use enough water to cover the coconut shreds, this will ensure a thick creamy coconut milk, you can always dilute it with more water later.

Updated at: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 12:29:38 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories1275.7 kcal (64%)

Total Fat120.7 g (172%)

Carbs54.9 g (21%)

Sugars22.5 g (25%)

Protein12 g (24%)

Sodium72.1 mg (4%)

Fiber32.4 g (116%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

1 servings

1coconut

water

Filtered warm

Instructions

Step 1

Crack open your coconut & save the water to enjoy in smoothies or on its own.

Step 2

Scrape out the coconut flesh using a coconut scraper or a knife to pop out the flesh.

Step 3

Grate the flesh of the coconut. To get it all shredded up.

Step 4

Cover the shredded coconut with warm water and let it sit for a minimum of 15minutes. The ratio here is roughly 1:1. Just make sure the shredded coconut is fully submerged in the water.

Step 5

In a blender, pour the coconut/water mixture and blend until smooth.

Step 6

If you want to dilute it into a more liquidy consistency use more water or you can use coconut water. TIP: using the coconut water means you are using the coconut milk on the day you are making this, as it won’t sit well in the fridge for longer than a day.

Step 7

Set a unbleached hemp or cotton muslin bag or piece in a strainer. And place the strainer on top of a liquid container. Pour the coconut milk mixture in and strain the liquid out.

Step 8

Ring out all the liquid and you are left with just coconut flesh pulp. To make coconut flour: spread the pulp in a thin layer and dry out in the oven or dehydrator on 50 degrees. For as long as it needs to dry out.

Step 9

When to sweeten? I like to sweeten when I need sweetened milk. So I usually just bottle the milk unsweetened.