Health Benefits of Coconut Milk
Coconut Milk Health Benefits of Coconut MilkCoconut milk is not the water inside a coconut when you break it open. Coconut water is completely different. Coconut milk comes from the thick white flesh (meat) inside the coconut (ripe coconuts). To obtain milk from a coconut, the flesh needs to be finely grated, soaked in hot water, and then squeezed (strained) through mesh or cheesecloth. For thick coconut milk, it is squeezed through only once. For a thinner milk, it is squeezed through two or three times. The more it is squeezed, the thinner the milk. When used in recipes, thick coconut milk is commonly used to prepare sauces and desserts and thin coconut milk is used for general cooking, including soups. For those who do not wish to go through the process of obtaining milk from fresh coconuts, you can buy it already prepared in cans or bottles. Health Benefits of Coconut Milk In the past, coconut oil (found in coconut milk) was thought to be unhealthy because of saturated fats; howeve...
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