2.3. Preparation of coconut milk 12% total solid
The brown hard coconut shell was cracked open and the white copra was grated followed by mechanical pressing to obtain the milk (Soler, 2005). To achieve 8% fat coconut milk, 300 g of fresh coconut milk (after sieving with double layers of cheesecloth) was mixed with 700 g of distilled water. The diluted coconut milk was heated at 80 C for 10 min prior to chilling at 4 C and was used within 1 h.