How to cook coconut milk

Natural coconut milk can be easily prepared at home. To do this, you will need a blender, gauze and a container with a lid for storage. Before, to prepare milk, coconut should be opened and drink coconut water from it. To do this, read the article How to crack coconut at home . As a result, you should have coconut pulp, from which you need to make coconut milk .

How to Make Coconut Milk in Your Home

If you have a powerful blender, you can use large pieces of pulp, if the blender is not very powerful, then it's better to cut the large pieces into small pieces.

Put the pieces in a blender, pour water. The approximate ratio of pulp to water is 1: 3. The exact amount of water is measured experimentally, if you want milk fatter, then less water, if it is easier, then more water.

Turn on the blender and turn the ingredients into a more or less homogeneous mass. Pasta you are unlikely to succeed, because coconut particles are solid. Of these, you then make coconut shavings.

Now we need to separate the liquid, for this we need gauze, which can be bought at any pharmacy. We put gauze over a deep plate and pour coconut mass there. Then we turn the gauze into a bag and forcefully squeeze out the remaining liquid. In the bag you will have coconut shavings, which you need to dry a little, either in the oven at a temperature of no more than 40 degrees with the door open, or put the plate on a hot battery. Store it in a container with a closed lid at room temperature.

Milk from a deep plate is poured into any container with a lid. Milk can be sweetened by adding honey or any vegetable syrup (grape sugar, agave syrup, Jerusalem artichoke, maple syrup, cane sugar). Keep this milk in the refrigerator no more than 3 days, otherwise it will turn sour. Before use, the container with milk should be shaken well, because the surface will be formed coconut oil.

Now you know how to make coconut milk at home. Milk can be added to teas, smoothies, to make ice cream or just to drink. It is delicious in itself, even without sweeteners. Bon Appetit!