How to make your own coconut milk and cream

by Bryony Harrison (follow)

Healthy Recipes (294)      Nutrition (267)      Vegan (122)      Gluten Free (116)      How To (64)     

It is amazing to me all the different ingredients that a simple coconut provides us with: flesh, water, milk, cream, butter, and oil.

Coconuts are full of the essential vitamins and minerals we need; these include vitamins B, C, and E, folic acid, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, and zinc.

Coconut milk is readily available from the shops, but if you look at the nutritional information on the back, you will notice that they have other ingredients in them too, such as stabilisers, emulsifiers, salt, and flavourings. In some cases, the percentage of coconut can be quite low.

It is, however, possible to make your own coconut milk at home, as well as the coconut cream to go with it. This will have nothing but pure coconut and will taste deliciously fresh.

The milk can be drunk straight, poured over cereal, and added to drinks, while the cream can be used in cooking or baking to make curries, smoothies, etc.

You can shred your own fresh coconut if you like, but this is a laborious process. I would recommend buying raw cold pressed coconut like Tiana Fair Trade Raw Organic Coconut Goodness.


Ingredients
3 ½ tablespoons coconut flesh
400ml hot water

Method















Related articles
10 uses for Coconut oil
What's the difference between coconut water, coconut milk, and coconut cream?

Categories
#Nutrition
#Healthy Recipes
#Gluten Free
#Vegan
#How To

I like this Article - 7

[ print friendly ]

ID: 42659