Coconut milk

Sweet white coconut milk is used in many tropical recipes.

Coconut milk is a sweet, milky white liquid for cooking. It comes from the meat of a mature coconut. The color and rich taste of the milk are because of the high oil content and sugars. It is different from coconut water (coconut juice), which is the natural liquid found inside a coconut. Coconut milk is used in many tropical recipes. There are two kinds of coconut milk: thick and thin.

Milk is what female mammals make to feed their babies. Coconut milk can therefore not be called milk in the strict sense of the term.

Coconut Milk Media

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  Grating white kernel coconut *Poindimié Nouvelle-Calédonie

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  Grated coconut being pressed through cheesecloth

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  Thick coconut cream derived from the first pressings of the grated coconut

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  Traditional coconut grater

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  Mechanical coconut grinder

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  Thai coconut flesh used to process then package coconut milk in a 400 ml tin

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  A carton of coconut milk beverage, a milk substitute

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  Coconut curd latik, a byproduct of traditional coconut oil production from simmered coconut milk

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  Kaya coconut jam, made with coconut milk, sugar, and eggs

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  Adobong Manók sa Gatâ, a variant of chicken adobo with coconut milk