You can easily make authentic coconut milk with only two ingredients – fresh coconut and water. The results is a rich creamy milk that you can use is a variety of both sweet and savory cooking as well as in baking. Try my Jamaican-Inspired Cornmeal Pudding recipe to get a real taste of the islands. Coconut milk is a great substitute if you are allergic to almonds or peanuts.

What do I mean when I say “authentic” coconut milk? I mean this recipe is the way to make real coconut milk that taste 100% fresh. Some coconut milk recipes use dehydrated coconut, while this recipe use fresh coconut to give you that authentic flavor and taste in every sip.

As I stated in the beginning of this post, you only need two ingredients to make authentic coconut milk – fresh coconut and water.

A good blender will be your best friend to make coconut milk smoothly as possible. I always recommend Oster as my go to blender brand, for the amount of daily blending we do. You can find my recommended Oster blender here on amazon (affiliate link).

Fun Facts about Coconut

Coconut is known as the tree of life, as every part of the tree can be used for living purposes from food to shelter.

Coconut are rich in minerals and vitamins such as protein, fat, selenium, iron, copper, manganese, vitamin B, and zinc to name a few.

Coconut water is rich in potassium, which balances the sodium and blood pressure levels in the body. The book Coconut Cures is the ultimate read to anyone is interested in learning more about coconut.

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