Fresh Home-made Coconut Milk (Whole30) (Edit recipe)

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Have you tried making coconut milk at home? All you need is a whole coconut. Home made coconut milk is not only full of flavor and delicious, it is also rich in nutrition and is a staple in South Indian households. It can be used in breakfast’s for traditional Appams, Idiyappams, and in coconut based curries. It can be a great substitute for dairy in many delicious whole30 recipes. It also works really well as a milk substitute in your coffee, tea, smoothies, and also just a delicious drink by itself.

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PREP TIME

25 minutes

COOK TIME

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INGREDIENTS

Serves: 4

Ingredients

1 whole Coconut
6 cups Water

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Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results

Break the coconut and slice out the coconut meat
Add all the coconut meat in the blender with 2 to 3 cups of water and blend it to a smooth consistency
Strain the milk out using a strainer and squeeze out the pulp
Save this milk separately if you want to use it in your coffee or tea as a creamer as this has a thick consistency
Add the pulp back into the blender, add a cup of water and blend well again
Repeat the process of straining and squeezing out all the milk
Add the left over pulp one more time with a cup of water and blend well again
Run the milk through a strainer or nut milk bag which has a finer mesh a couple of more times to remover any pulp which might have escaped the previous time
Discard the pulp
Store it in the coldest part of your fridge

Notes

HOW TO CRACK OPEN A COCONUT To crack the coconut evenly into two halves, soak in water for 15 to 20 minutes. Use a clean hammer to crack the coconut by hitting it in the middle a few times, while holding the coconut with all 5 fingers, placed on the palm. Placing a kitchen paper towel or a cotton kitchen towel on your palm might be a good idea as the coconut crack might pinch your skin. Keep a wide mouthed pan to catch all the coconut water, which is a refreshing drink full of electrolytes. Some people make a hole through the top three weak points, and empty the water out and then break it with a hammer, but we always break it the traditional way . Once the coconut is cracked open empty out the water. Using a blunt small knife, break small pieces of the coconut out of the shell.

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This is our estimate based on online research.
Calories:	28
Fat:	3 g
Carbohydrates:	1 g
Protein:	0 g
Cholesterol:	0 g
Sodium:	0 mg
Fiber:	1 g
Sugars:	0 g
Calculated per serving.