How to Make Coconut Milk at Home
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Cuisine: Indian
 
Ingredients
  • 2 medium sized Coconuts-grated. The grated Coconut weighs 400 gms
  • Water as needed
  • Strainer
  • A Large Bowl
  • A Muslin cloth
Instructions
  1. Let's start extracting Coconut Milk now. We will start with first extract also known as Thick Coconut Milk. Transfer the grated Coconut in a grinder jar (you can do this batches). Add 250 ml=1 Cup of Water and grind
  2. For 1 Coconut=200gms grated Coconut, use ½ Cup=125ml Water
  3. Take a Large bowl and place a strainer over it. Place a Muslin cloth over this strainer. Put the coconut paste on this muslin cloth. Now press the Coconut to squeeze out the Coconut Milk. Make a bag of Muslin cloth and squeeze out the Coconut Milk
  4. Please note that we are using double strain method. If you strain it just once, you may get some coconut particles in the coconut milk. Follow the Coconut to water ratio properly for getting such thick Coconut Milk.
  5. First extract=Thick Coconut Milk is ready. It weighs around 300 ml (1¼ Cup)
  6. Keep it aside. Transfer the Coconut from Muslin cloth to grinder jar
  7. Add 2 Cups of Water and grind into a fine paste
  8. For Second Extract: - 1 Coconut=200gms grated Coconut, use 1 Cup=250 ml Water. Similarly, 2 Coconut=400gms grated Coconut, use 2 Cups=500 ml Water
  9. Strain the second extract with the muslin cloth. We have extracted 1 and ¾th Cup second extract of Coconut Milk
  10. Now, let's extract last and third extract of Coconut Milk. Transfer the Coconut from Muslin cloth to a grinder jar and add 2 Cups of Water and grind.
  11. For Third Extract: - 1 Coconut=200gms grated Coconut, use 1 Cup=250 ml Water. Similarly, 2 Coconut=400gms grated Coconut, use 2 Cups=500 ml Water
  12. Let's strain this Coconut Milk with a Muslin Cloth. This weighs around 2 Cup=500 ml Coconut Milk
  13. All 3 extracts of Coconut Milk are now ready. If you are cooking any dish in which Coconut Milk as an ingredient must be added, then start with 3rd extract. Then add 2nd extract and finally finish the dish by adding 1st extract. After adding 1st extract, do not keep the cook the dish for too long
  14. While it is always best to use fresh Coconut Milk but if needed you can extract and store it in refrigerator for later use
Recipe by Kali Mirch - by Smita at https://kalimirchbysmita.com/how-to-make-coconut-milk-at-home/