How to extract milk from the fresh coconut
Separate the white meat from the shell. Can use a spoon or coconut scraper.
Method 1
Using a blander
- To get the milk from the coconut add sufficient quantity of warm water to grated coconut or scraped coconut.
- Bland it and extract the thick milk with a strainer. Squeeze out the milk in to a bowl.
- Reserve the grated meat and set aside.
- Again add more warm water to reserved coconut and extract the second quality of milk.
- In you need to get further quantity of milk repeat the same steps.
Method 2
Using hand
- Put the scraped coconut in to bowl.
- Add sufficient quantity of warm water.
- Squeeze the coconut meat by hand and Extract the milk.
- Strain the milk to a bowl.
Bonus…….store coconut milk
- You can store coconut milk in the refrigerator for a few days by adding a pinch of salt in it.
- If you want to store for more than 2 weeks use an ice cube tray to freeze the extra coconut milk.
- Add 1 or2 tablespoons milk per cube and freeze. Take out the cubs and transfer to another container and keep it in the freezer.
- Now you have Coconut Cubes for further usage.