Coconut milk

Lait de coco

What it is

Not the water that sloshes inside the nut, but the cream pressed from its grated flesh — the invention of every coconut coast at once. In Thai and Indian kitchens it plays the role butter and cream play in France: the velvet that carries the spices.

In the kitchen

Don’t shake the tin: the thick cream on top is for frying your curry paste, the thin milk below for simmering.

Goes with

Chili pepper Cilantro / Coriander Ginger Rice Mango Shrimp Turmeric

Same species

Coconut Desiccated coconut Coconut oil Coconut vinegar Gula melaka

Also used with

Arrowroot starch Banana blossom Banana leaf Basil seed Black glutinous rice Black rice

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