How do I make coconut milk to drink.?!
How do I make coconut milk to drink.?
I could drink gallons of the coconut water but I'm not very good at opening the coconut without spilling the water, I have tried the coconut milk from cans that you use for cooking but it tasted awful.
Thanks in advance.
Answers:
Accoreding to which cuisine you use as reference, there are several names for coconut liquid:
*** coconut water, direct from the cavity of the coconut
*** coconut milk (expressed water from grated coconut in H2O)
*** cream de coco ... the above, sweetened
***coconut milk .... grated coconut soaked in milk .... used in Indian / Asian cuisine
To open a coconut and get the water:
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Put a coconut on a surface that will take some pounding, and open it by piercing at least 2 of the 3 'eyes' with a new, clean carpenter's nail (wash it) with an ordinary hammer...... turn the coconut upside down over a bowl and shake out the water ...check it carefully to be sure it smells and tastes sweet; if it does not, discard the coconut entirely. (To make sure this does not happen, when marketing, choose a heavy, fresh looking coconut with fluffy brown fibers (not worn shiny), that makes a good slosh when you shake it ... sniff it too, to make sure it does not smell sour.....
To finish it off, if it is fresh:
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'roast' the coconut in a preheated 350'F oven for 15 to 25 minutes until it pops / cracks ...then wrap the coconut in a few layers of paper towels, smash it with a wood mallet or a brick wrapped in paper towels to protect your hands, on a surface that will tolerate such treatment - I hesitate to recommend your sidewalk lest I be liable for damage, but find something resilient -
When it is cool enough to handle, remove the paper towels from the coconut and dig off the coconut meat with an oyster knife or something similarly tough, rinse the pieces and proceed as you wish ... or you may also put the pieces shell-side-up onto a clean surface and hit them with a hammer to release the meat ...then, since the coconut has been roasted a little, the brown husk will scrape off easily (it adds nothing to the taste)
And, just for you, you may then put the pieces into a processor with some spring water, let the mixture infuse about an hour; pour the mixture into a cheese-cloth lined bowl and squeeze the coconut dry, then taste the resulting liquid to see if that is to your liking .... or you may try infusing it in some boiling water ... it will not be the same as the fresh water directly from the coconut, but try
I have never seen the water canned. However 'coconut cream' is (for coconut lovers) ambosia!!! Is that is what you discovered and found 'awful'?
Like many things directly from the can, like condensed milk for example, cananed coconut cream is a bit much. But, if you mix a couple of nice dessert spoonfuls into a mixture to then cook up as a pouring custard, it is heaven if served with a sponge cake. Grate some chocolate over it.
with hopes that I have not misled you in any way, LPM
you need to drill a hole in coconuts to get the milk out properly
(and a good funnel comes in handy)
I usually get some kind of drill . Then shove in a straw
to open it without spilling, use a power drill to drill a hole in the coconut.
be careful though, too much coconut milk gives you diharrea.
You must scue a hole into a coconut and then leave it on a glass for about 10 minuites.
(There are alot of historical people today)
Drill at least two holes in the coconut and it comes out much faster.....no spill.
Hope this helps. :)
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A hammer and a nail work as well as a drill.
COCONUT MILK.....COCONUT WATER......COCONUT CREAM are all three very different things.
If you are looking for coconut milk recipe:
Place the grated flesh of 1 fresh coconut (comes out to about 1/4 cup grated coconut), in blender.
Add about 1-3/4 cups (300 ml) hot water (IMPORTANT: make sure to hold cover of blender down with a folded towel protecting your hand-take out center handle of blender cover if you can - the heat can make the top pop off).
Allow to cool.
Pour the liquid into bowl through three layered cheesecloths and squeeze the cheesecloth to extract as much juice as possible.
Store in refrigerator.
The coconut milk from cans is, I believe, coconut-flavored, milk (either soy, rice or cows). I have never heard the liquid in a coconut called coconut water. I have always heard that referred to as coconut milk or juice. If you want to make coconut milk, you could open a coconut and mix it with soy milk, rice milk or cow milk.
The ones in the can are only for cooking... you can get the drink at a Oriental market. they are usually in the ref with the other cold drinks
coconut water is the juice inside the coconut, coconut milk is the grated flesh that is then mixed with warm water and then pressed out. you can put the flesh into you magimix and pulverise with some warm water and then pour into a big sieve over bowl and then put a plate or whatever fits inside the sieve on the top with a heavy weight on and leave for few hours. the milk will separate so u have to shake it up.
If you want the water from the coconut which is clear like water and can be drunk, you can drill the hole in it and pour it out.
But if you want the milk you have to get a dry coconut crack it open, remove the inner white jelly which is hard, you can blend it with water and it produces milk, strain the coconut shavings and you would have milk, you can't drink this one but you can use it to make food dishes, you can use it to make a Pina colada.