Questions tagged [coconut]
Coconut generally means the sweet creamy interior flesh of a whole coconut. Use this tag for questions about selecting, identifying, storing, preparing, replacing or cooking with coconut, coconut flesh or coconut milk as a star ingredient. Questions about dishes which include coconut, but are not focused on coconut, should not use this tag.
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Any way to reduce the tangy taste of homemade coconut milk?
I make different kinds of non dairy milks (nut, rice, etc). I rather like coconut milk, but would like to reduce the natural tangy coconutty flavor.
I was looking at the following question:
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Coconut milk/cream vs cow milk in recipes
I want to know if I can freely substitute coconut milk and/or cream for cow milk in dessert recipes.
The reason I wish to substitute is to try new flavors and explore new frontiers. I have never used ...
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Substituting Cream without Coconut
I'm mastering my vegetable curry recipe and while it is spectacular in its current form using heavy whipping cream, I have some wild notion that the recipe would be more appreciated if I could manage ...
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Brown Coconut water safety issue? [duplicate]
If you like sour and the water is not rancid is there any danger in drinking the water?
If so what is the danger? I grew up drinking it and it was delightful. There were never any warnings against ...
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Coconut rice; should it taste like coconut?
I made coconut rice yesterday with a simple recipe (coconut milk, water, tsp sugar, pinch of salt, rice, all in the rice cooker).
I was a little bit underwhelmed by the output; the rice was cooked ...
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Coconut water from mature coconut [duplicate]
I recently bought a green, and a brown coconut (different stages of maturation). I drunk the liquid from the green, young one, which is apparently what you are supposed to do, and it tasted terrible. ...
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Non-coconut substitute for coconut cream [duplicate]
I'm planning on cooking a Massaman curry but for someone who really dislikes the taste of coconut. What would a good substitute be? I'm thinking of just using cream instead - do you think that would ...
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making cream with almond milk and fat
I want to make a replacement for heavy cream. I'm considering almond milk blended with a fat. I have a high powered blender on the way for this purpose (yes, it will blend).
Some fats I'm considering:...
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Problem making homemade bounty bars
I tried making homemade bounty bars twice but there is a problem I can't seem to get the solution to this problem right. What I do is as follows:
I first mix a can of sweetened condensed milk with ...
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How to infuse coconut flavor into nuts?
While traveling abroad, I purchased a small bag of salted cashews at a convenience store. I immediately noticed that they have a distinctively different taste from what I'm used to; slightly more ...
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Coconut sugar flavor
I bought a lot of coconut sugar (and have since given it to my MIL). I baked cupcakes with it and the entire batch of cupcakes fell (there was a crater-like indention in every cupcake). All of my ...
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How can I make caramel that will hold its shape, without using refined sugar?
I am making my own ice cream pops. One flavor I'm developing is Peach Cobbler. I've been trying to include some caramel in the bars, yet I can't seem to make a type caramel using coconut sugar, that ...
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How to make creamier and softer vegan coconut ice-cream?
I was making vegan coconut ice-cream with coconut milk base. Instead of using a can of coconut milk, shredded coconut with hot water was squeezed through a towel for coconut milk replacement. Then ...
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Attempting to make Coconut Pringles - dough too crumbly
not a cook here. Attempting to make coconut based "pringles".
here's my recipe:
3/4 cup coconut blended into essentially coconut butter
3/4 cup coconut flour
1 tbsp arrowroot powder
1/4 tsp baking ...
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Homemade coconut milk separates into different layers after a day in the fridge
I made some coconut milk. After a day in the fridge there was two layers of liquid in the jar, coconut water and solid coconut which I found out afterwards that it is called coconut butter! When I ...
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Will colored shredded coconut show up in brownies?
My coworkers would like me to make faux "special" brownies. The requirements are that the brownies look the part and still taste good but don't have any actual "herbs" in them. My first thought was ...
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How long does coconut curry last in the fridge? [duplicate]
I have three day old green coconut chicken curry in the fridge and am wondering if coconut milk goes bad very quickly. (This is complicated slightly by the power cut we had two days ago for 12 hours. ...
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Is raw coconut safe to eat?
I recently came across this study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC546945/?page=1
and I am worried about potential salmonella infection in raw coconut meat and whole coconut picked up ...
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Why does my coconut sauce lack a strong coconut taste?
Why doesn't my coconut sauce have a strong coconut flavor similar to what is served in Thai restaurants? Do they use real coconut or coconut essence or coconut oil? I use a can of coconut.
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Bottled coconut oil
I order coconut oil and it is bottled. In the room temperature, it is solid, so I cannot reach the contents of the bottle. Is there a way, how to get that oil? I don't want to spoil it.
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Shelf life and Validation of Coconut Milk?
I use coconut milk for a pasta dishes, then put the carton back in the fridge. I may use some of it for a coffee additive, the use plenty more for another pasta dish or recipe. Alas, I do not cook ...
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Coconut milk substitutions?
I am looking for a substitution for coconut milk. I am highly allergic to coconut, but often see recipes I would like to try that call for it.
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Dry roasting nuts and spices beforehand
I have recipes that call for dry roasting peanuts, coconut, and sesame seeds.
I make these recipes a lot — so theoretically it would be easier to dry roast everything I have one time, instead of ...
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why does coconut ice turn brown after a couple of days [closed]
Please can someone help or give advice to solve my problem. I have tried using sorbex but with no advantage
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Non-coconut substitute for coconut cream?
I found a recipe for cornbread that I want to try, but it calls for "1 cup Goya coconut cream". Two problems with this: one, I don't have any such creature (I'm not even 100% confident I know what it ...
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How to remoisten sweetened coconut after opening?
My Baker's sweetened coconut is not moist after being stored in the refrigerator. How can it be remoistened?
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How do I finely strain fresh coconut milk?
I had a lovely bunch of young coconuts. I extracted the water of most of them, and I blended all the meats and enough of the water (in the right proportion) to make something like 3 gallons of coconut ...
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Homemade coconut milk in coffee compared to store bought
I've been making my own homemade coconut milk recently because I don't like the list of ingredients (thickeners, emulsifiers, etc.) typically found in store-bought coconut milk.
The problem is, I ...
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How to know whether a coconut is ripe or rancid before buying
Buying the shrink-wrapped coconuts (in shell) at the store is similar to playing Russian Roulette. All this trouble of getting the water out and breaking the shell only to find out the coconut is ...
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how to use ktc pure coconut oil?
I bought a bottle of ktc pure coconut oil but as far as I can tell, it is in solid form and not liquid as I sort of expected. How can I use it?
In case anyone has used it, is the oil going to cause ...
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homemade coconut flavoured yogurt?
I love there store bought coconut flavoured yogurts. I usually make my own but i cant find any type of coconut aromas around (even synthetics). Is there some way to do some similar yogurts? I use ...
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How can I create this coconut milk, fruit, and veggie snack at home?
My baby and I both enjoy Happy Creamies. I don't enjoy the price, however, and I do enjoy making food for my family. I'm trying to figure out what the basics of a similar homemade item would be.
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What quantity of coconut oil should be substituted for butter in a brownie mix?
I want to substitute coconut oil for the butter in a brownie mix but I don't know how much to use. The recipe calls for 3/4 stick of melted butter. How much coconut oil should I use?
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How do you determine whether a coconut is young or not by knocking on it?
I've seen some people knock on a coconut to determine if it is young or not. Sometimes they knock with their knuckles, or with a machete. How do they do that?
A young coconut has lesser meat, but ...
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How can I prevent coconut cream from curdling in a soda drink?
I've made Tom Kha soda syrup:
simple syrup + coconut cream + lime leaves + lemongrass + galangal + a bit of lime juice to help preserve
When I add a couple spoons of it to soda water and ice, it ...
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Where can I find a recipe for less-dense coconut bread?
I was looking for a recipe for coconut flour bread. I found several like this Amazing Paleo recipe. However, all of them are rather flat and seem very dense. I found another site that sells coconut ...
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Chocolate Cream Pie using coconut cream or Coconut milk?
Can I substitute coconut milk or coconut cream for milk in a chocolate cream pie?
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When to prefer yogurt, cream, and coconut milk in an Indian vegetarian dish to make it creamy?
Firstly, I have noticed all the curried dishes we eat in an Indian restaurant feel "creamy".
Now, I don't know whether they add cream, or yogurt, or coconut milk?
In which kinds of dishes do we need ...
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How to shell a coconut without breaking the seed?
Quite a lot of the time I'm able to get large parts of seeds by hitting the shell against the ground. This causes bigger cracks in the shell than the seed, I can then pry off the outer layer. However, ...
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How do I extract coconut milk from coconut meat?
Coconut milk in the local grocery store costs around $1.50 for a small can. Cans of coconut milk that cost less are full of fillers such as extra water and gums to thicken it.
Whole coconuts, on the ...
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How to Make Canned Coconut Milk Separate
My friend wants to make coconut milk separate so that she can use the cream for whipping. Can anyone suggest a way of accomplishing this?
Edited to add: I asked her to confirm that it was full-fat ...
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What would be a good substitute for coconut milk in curry sauces?
Specifically, if I work from a started paste that require adding coconut milk, what would be a good substitute?
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Does using frozen coconut milk lead to poorer consistency than canned?
Curries or baking, I use coconut milk/cream often with my share of failures. I put it down to the variations in fat content between brands or when measuring out of a large container -which I then ...
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Can I add extra eggs instead of xanthan gum?
I want to convert my grandmothers pie crust recipe.
The whole recipe is:
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
3/2 cups Crisco (butter flavor)
1 egg
1 tsp vinegar
5 Tbsp cold water
Mix flour, salt and Crisco ...
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Coconut milk ice cream — getting volume?
I've made ice cream with full-fat coconut milk twice in my KitchenAid ice cream maker with OK results.
I've followed the instructions and have run the machine for the time suggested (about 20 ...
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Can coconut cream be transformed into coconut milk, or vice versa?
Can coconut cream be transformed into coconut milk, or the other way around? For example, will adding water or cow milk to coconut cream make a usable coconut milk? Or by reducing coconut milk, can I ...
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Can I make sweetened coconut from dried coconut?
In my pantry, I have a bag of dried & shredded coconut. I want to use it, but all recipes I come across ask for sweetened coconut. That coconut also looks a lot more moist than mine.
Is there a ...
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Can I make a béchamel sauce with coconut cream?
I want to make a béchamel sauce with coconut cream instead of milk. Does anybody have a guess whether this will work?
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Equivalence between fresh coconut and coconut cream?
I've been enjoying my cookbook Fish Indian Style which I won in the Question-of-the-Week contest here on Seasoned Advice. However, I'm having difficulty with one common ingredient used in Atul ...
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How do I prevent coconut milk from separating in Thai curry?
It seems like every single attempt I've made at making a Thai-style coconut curry ends up with the sauce mixture separating. Although it usually still tastes good, the coconut ends up looking like it ...
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