Homemade Coconut Milk

Total Time: 9 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 7/8 cup dry finely grated unsweetened coconut

Recipe

• 1 in a medium-size kettle, heat the water, but do not bring it to a boil.
• 2 place the coconut in a blender and add 1 cup of the hot water.
• 3 blend for 2-3 minutes.
• 4 place a colander in a bowl and line the colander with 4 thicknesses of cheesecloth.
• 5 pour the blended coconut mixture into the cheesecloth and twist to extract the milk, letting the milk go into the bowl.
• 6 return the coconut pulp to the blender and add the remaining 1/2 cup of hot water. blend for 1-2 minutes, strain and press through the cheesecloth into the bowl.