Coconut milk recipe | How to make coconut milk at home | Kaayi haalu
By Latha on November 17th, 2015
Cococnut milk and sweetened coconut milk recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. Coconut milk is served along with some of dishes and also used as an ingredient in some of the recipes. Sweetened coconut milk is served as an accompaniment with neer dosa, holige, chiroti and many other dishes.
This coconut milk or tengina kayi haalu can be used just like regular milk. You can use this coconut milk is coffee, tea, sweets, curries, kheer, icecream, milkshake etc., Even though you can use store bought coconut milk, taste and aroma can not be matched with the home made fresh coconut milk. Also home made coconut milk is free from presevatives.
I have made a video on this recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 0 min
Serves: 1
Ingredients for coconut milk: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1 cup grated coconut
- 1 cup water (can be varied depending on the thickness required)
- 1 tsp jaggery
- A pinch of salt
- A small pinch of cardamom powder (optional)
Instructions for making coconut milk:
- To begin with grate the coconut. You can also chop it.
- Take grated coconut and around 1/2 cup of water in a mixie jar. Grind it until smooth paste.
- Place a clean cotton cloth or a fine mesh strainer over a bowl. Pour the ground coconut paste.
- Squeeze it well. You get very thick coconut milk at this stage.
- Transfer the residue into the mixie jar and add another 1/2 cup of water. Grind it again.
- Sueeze or filter it again to get the coconut milk. This time you get thin coconut milk.
- Mix or use the thick and thin coconut milk as per your requirement.
- Now add jaggery, salt, cardamom powder and mix well to prepare sweetened coconut milk. This can be served with neer dosa or holige.
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