How to Extract Thick Coconut Milk from Fresh Grated Coconut
Ever wonder how to extract thick coconut milk from fresh coconut? It is quite easy and you just need some time. Fresh coconut milk extracted from fresh grated coconut is thinner, but the taste is richer than the store-bought.
Prep Time25 minutesmins
Chilling time3 hourshrs
Total Time3 hourshrs25 minutesmins
Course: Beverage
Cuisine: Southeast Asia
Keyword: extract coconut milk
Yield: 250ml
Cost: 1
Equipment
1 blender
Materials
350gfresh grated coconutfrom 1 mature coconut
500mlhot water
Instructions
Put fresh grated coconut into blender, add in hot water, blend until fine.
Put a piece of cloth on a sieve, pour in the blended coconut, set aside for 10 minutes until not too hot.
When slightly cooled, squeeze out the coconut milk.
Strain the coconut milk again into a transparent container.
Keep refrigerated for 2-3 hours.
After 2-3 hours, the coconut milk will split into 2 layers, the upper white layer is thick coconut milk, the bottom layer is thin coconut milk.
Scoop out the thick coconut milk carefully using a ladle, use it in recipes that call for thick coconut milk. The thin coconut milk can be used to replace water for cooking nasi lemak (coconut milk rice).
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Notes
Yields: about 250 ml of thick coconut milk + 400 ml of thin coconut milk