Coconut Milk is a white milky product of coconut meat crushed and infused with water used in cooking throughout Asia. It should not be confused with coconut juice, a refreshing drink which is the naturally occurring liquid inside fresh coconuts. Usually sold condensed in cans, and found in any grocery store, (or online here) coconut milk is used as a base for several Thai recipes, including Coconut Chicken Soup, and Green Curry Chicken, as well as some desserts.
Most Thai people use canned Coconut milk in their recipes, and the Chaokoh brand is highly recommended. Making coconut milk used to be very labor intensive, requiring a special scraping tool/stool called a kratai-kood-maprao which literally means "rabbit shred coconut", perhaps for the up and down motion that the person does in using it. However if you have a food processor making your own coconut milk from fresh coconuts is not that difficult, and has the benefit of being fresh, and free of any preservatives or chemicals. The video below shows you how to make your own organic coconut milk.
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This is the video I've been looking for.I enjoy coconut milk but always buy it in cans and was looking for a chemical free alternative.Thanks so much and it looks so easy.I'll try it this weekend.
great simple explanation
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Friday, 11 December 2009 16:34
Chika
Aunchulee,
thanks soo much for this simple explanation on how to make coconut milk. can you add a recipe for coconut rice please?
Thank you!
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Friday, 16 October 2009 05:13
Jordan Darga
Thank you so much for doing a demonstration on how to make fresh coconut milk. I was looking everywhere to try to find coconut milk without the preservatives (emulsifiers and stabilizers), and I couldn't find it anywhere. And then I ran across your website! Now I'm going to be able to make my own coconut milk to drink! Thanks again! Many other people will benefit from this video because I'm going to teach others how to make their own too thanks to you!
Mistake
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Saturday, 26 September 2009 18:47
jj
Get the inner husk off using a veg peeler. Also, if you want to be understood easily worldwide (especially in Scotland) then search YouTube for Learn the Scottish Accent.
Coconut Milk
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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 01:30
Kepa
It was wonderful to see just how to make the cooonut milk yourself. I'm in NZ & learning to cook using your website. Thanks
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Coconut Milk is a white milky product of coconut meat crushed and infused with water used in cooking throughout Asia. It should not be confused with coconut juice, a refreshing drink which is the naturally occurring liquid inside 
If you would like to learn more about Thai food, try visiting www.thai-food.in.th. They include a helpful glossary of terms for Thai food that makes it much easier when you want to go shopping for Thai ingredients.
thanks soo much for this simple explanation on how to make coconut milk. can you add a recipe for coconut rice please?