Name: Coconut milk at home recipe by Hema Shakthi at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: Grated coconut - 1 1/2 cup; Warm water - 1 to 2 cups

ABOUT Coconut milk at home RECIPE

Coconut milk is easy to extract at home. It is commonly used in many Indian dishes. Traditionally, we prepare coconut milk at home by adding little warm water to the grated coconut. Coconut milk is very good for health also. While coconut milk is high in saturated fat, it is much healthier than other saturated fat products, and the fat is easily metabolized by the body.

Instructions

Take the grated coconut and add 1 cup of warm water and grind it nicely.
Strain the ground coconut using a strainer or a muslin cloth. Press it with a ladle or squeeze to extract as much milk as possible.
This is the first Coconut milk or the first extract.
It will be thick. Keep this first extracted milk aside.
Add 1 more cup of warm water to the already ground coconut and grind it again nicely.
Strain the ground coconut with a strainer and get the milk.
The milk, extracted now is the second extract/second milk which is thinner than the first.
You can add more water and grind the already ground coconut and extract the third milk which is even more thinner than the second milk.
Use this coconut milk in any of your dishes.

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