Coconut Milk
Strangely enough, we don't drink coconut milk the way we consume milk or soy milk. Instead, we add the coconut milk in food and desserts to give it a rich flavor. The coconut milk can also be used as curry soup base or as an ingredient in Thai cooking.
Making Coconut Milk
Have you ever wondered how to make coconut milk from coconut meat? Few households today make their own coconut milk. It's quite a process...
First we need to remove the inch-thick outer shell of the fruit with a heavy knife. Then, we have to crack the inner shell by smacking a heavy knife in the middle of the giant nut. A professional coconut cracker would break the shell into two even halves, just like a tomato that has been cut into two halves with a really sharp knife. 
Traditional Thai coconut scraper and coconut milk in Thailand
The next step is scraping the meat out using a traditional coconut scraping tool with sharp teeth. After putting the finely shredded white meat in a bowl. We add some hot water and squeeze the meat until the water becomes a thick white liquid. The drained liquid is rich coconut milk called hua gati. This coconut milk is used as coconut milk puree on certain desserts, on boiled vegetables or is used in curry dishes.
After that, we add plenty of warm water to the same lot of coconut meat. This time we will get a much lighter coconut milk called hang gati, which is a lower grade coconut milk. It's used to add volume to curry soups and Thai desserts.
Coconut milk is a main ingredient in the Thai cuisine and as you already know, food forms an important part of Thai life. Really smart people in Thailand are called hua gati, which also means coconut cream.
 
Coconut MilkStrangely enough, we don't drink coconut milk the way we consume milk or soy milk. Instead, we add the coconut milk in food and desserts to give it a rich flavor. The coconut milk can also be used as curry soup base or as an ingredient in Thai cooking.Making Coconut MilkHave you ever wondered how to make coconut milk from coconut meat? Few households today make their own coconut milk. It's quite a process...First we need to remove the inch-thick outer shell of the fruit with a heavy knife. Then, we have to crack the inner shell by smacking a heavy knife in the middle of the giant nut. A professional coconut cracker would break the shell into two even halves, just like a tomato that has been cut into two halves with a really sharp knife. Traditional Thai coconut scraper and coconut milk in ThailandThe next step is scraping the meat out using a traditional coconut scraping tool with sharp teeth. After putting the finely shredded white meat in a bowl. We add some hot water and squeeze the meat until the water becomes a thick white liquid. The drained liquid is rich coconut milk called hua gati. This coconut milk is used as coconut milk puree on certain desserts, on boiled vegetables or is used in curry dishes.After that, we add plenty of warm water to the same lot of coconut meat. This time we will get a much lighter coconut milk called hang gati, which is a lower grade coconut milk. It's used to add volume to curry soups and Thai desserts.Coconut milk is a main ingredient in the Thai cuisine and as you already know, food forms an important part of Thai life. Really smart people in Thailand are called hua gati, which also means coconut cream.
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