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    How to make Coconut Milk | Homemade Coconut Milk

    Posted on Mar 6, 2016 · Last Updated on Jan 27, 2022 by sharmila kingsly

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    Homemade Coconut Milk is a basic recipe. We can use coconut milk in a variety of dishes.

    How to make Coconut Milk

    Coconut milk being used in Indian cooking is very common. No matter how good canned Coconut Milk is, it can’t even come close to the aroma and freshness of homemade fresh coconut milk.  Adding coconut milk to our food takes the taste of the dish to a different level.

    Since my childhood, I have been brought up in a place that is very famous for coconut and its usage in cooking. Almost every house in my native will be having at least 5-10 coconut trees in their backyard. Whenever I leave from my native to Bangalore my mom makes sure she packs me at least 10 coconuts.

    Always the Coconut used in my house for cooking is very fresh. After Coming to Bangalore only I have used canned Coconut Milk a couple of times. It was then I realized how fantastic the natural and homemade Coconut Milk used to be. Now let’s get started and prepare some fresh coconut milk from scratch 

    How to Prepare Coconut Milk, Pictorial:

    1)     Break Open a coconut and grate the coconut. Now take the grated coconut in a blender or food processor and add in 1 cup of water. Blend it to a fine paste. Now take the ground coconut from the blender and strain it using a strainer. Press the coconut in the strainer in such a way that all the coconut milk has been strained out.

    2)  This is the first milk. It will be very thick. Now take the coconut shreds back to the blender and add in the remaining half cup of water and repeat the process of blending and extracting the milk. Fresh homemade coconut milk is ready

    Tips to prepare Coconut Milk in home

    • The process of extracting the coconut milk can be repeated thrice .But I prefer the  coconut milk little thick so I stopped with two attempts.
    • If you are repeating to extract the coconut milk from the shredded coconut for the third time. Add in ½ cup of water, like how we did for the 2nd time.
    • The first milk usually is very thick. It’s not advisable not to boil it as it tends to curdle.
    • Coconut milk can be used in a variety of food in Indian Cooking like Curries,  Baking  and Sweets.
    • The coconut milk stays fresh for about 3-4 days when refrigerated.
    homemade coconut milk

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    Homemade Coconut Milk

    Homemade Coconut Milk is a basic recipe. We can use coconut milk in a variety of dishes.
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time0 mins
    Total Time10 mins
    Course: Cooking Basics
    Cuisine: Indian
    Servings: 2 cups
    Calories:
    Author: sharmila kingsly
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    Standard 1 cup measures 240 ml

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Freshly grated cococnut
    • 1.5 cups Water

    Instructions 

    •    Break Open a coconut and grate the coconut .Now take the grated coconut in a blender or food processor and add in 1 cup of water.
    • Blend it to a fine paste. Now take the ground coconut from the blender and strain it using a strainer.
    • Press the coconut in the strainer in such a way that all the coconut milk has been strained out.
    • This is the first milk. It will be very thick. Now take the coconut shreds back to the blender and add in the remaining half cup of water and repeat the process of blending and extracting the milk. Fresh homemade coconut Milk is ready
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