How to Make Coconut Milk

[Akua Ma'at]

Note - coconut milk can be made without baking the nut.

How to make Coconut Milk

For those who might want to try preparing coconut milk at home, the following provides instructions for doing so.

Preparing Coconut Milk from Fresh Coconuts

Pierce the eyes of a fresh coconut, drain the liquid inside and place the coconut on a rack and bake in a 325F pre-heated oven for about 30 minutes.

Remove the coconut from the oven, let it cool a bit and crack it with a hammer so that the shell breaks into several pieces.

Remove all the coconut meat from the shell, peel off the brown skin and cut the meat into very small cubes.

Place the meat in a blender, add hot water to just cover all of the meat and blend until finely grated.

Place a sieve covered with cheese cloth over a bowl and pour the coconut meat and water into the sieve squeezing handfuls of the coconut meat to extract as much liquid as possible into the bowl.

Discard the squeezed coconut meat and refrigerate the coconut milk that has been extracted into the bowl. Refrigerate the milk and use within 1 or 2 days.


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[Yaw Agbede]

Sounds straight forward enough. I think i'll give this a try.

[Akua Ma'at]

Akhu - it is! And much healthier than buying coconut milk in a can that has chemical preservatives added to it.

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