What is creamed coconut? And how to use it
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- Creamed coconut is made from the dehydrated flesh of a mature coconut and ground down into a cream (which solidifies at normal room temperature and melts upon heating). It imparts a rich creamy texture, with a delicious coconut flavour to soups, curries, stews, sauces and even sweet treats. Check out my article here: www.kindearth.n...
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Thanks for the clarification, Trinity! I bought a block of this a while back, and it's been sitting in my cupboard. Now I know what to do with it. I love your channel! Thank you for the inspiration.
Great to hear that :)
Oohh. Mee too. I bought 3
This video was the only one I could find about creamed coconut... all the others were about coconut cream! I'm on a hormone balancing meal plan for a couple of weeks and one of the recipes called for this. The brand I got is exactly the same as what you are showing... so it was easy to follow you and see what to do with it... I LOVE just popping a few chunks in my mouth and chewing them like a treat when I'm craving sweets. I keep the chunks in the fridge and just add to my meals or beverages as I like.
Im happy to hear it helped. I’m very passionate about it and have quite a lot of recipes with it on my website 🙏 All good wishes with your plan
I felt so peace listening to you.. :) so calm peaceful person. God bless you
yes. a sigh of relief in human form
You can get this in the Caribbean section of all large supermarkets in the UK. I didn't know this was the same thing as 'coconut butter'. So really good to know, thanks.
Monique L they are not the same thing
@@toxicperson8936 why they are not the same?
lilli coconut butter is when you take coconut flakes & blend them until they become a paste, kind of like peanut butter.
@@toxicperson8936 to me it look the same as the creamed coconut I buy here in ireland. Some time I am too lazy to blend coconut flakes and I use the creamed coconut
Thank you, a package of this was passed on to me some time ago and I had no idea how to use it. This was very helpful and clear :) Now I am excited to use my creamed coconut immediately!
Hi Trinity,
How can I use creamed coconut block to make coconut milk so I can use it in a Golden milk.
Thank you so much in advance Trinity
Joey
I love this stuff! It's quite versatile, too. To make COCONUT CREAM from creamed coconut, simply blend equal parts creamed coconut and water (or, even better, natural coconut water). For COCONUT MILK, blend one part creamed coconut with TWO parts water or coconut water. I've been buying the same brand she's using here and am 100% satisfied with the product quality in all ways (taste, cost etc). Enjoy!! 🥥🥥🥥
I love how you talk! You could be describing a brick and I would still enjoy it
I agree !! I didnt tast it yet, but that thing look very good to eat because of how she talks
2 blocks of creamed coconut have been in my fridge. Little boy needs to eat foods which are non-dairy and gluten-free. Thank you so much for your information. So generous of you. Now to decide which recipe to make... :D
funny i am vegan and this is why i am here, gluten hurts my stomach and so i am looking into rastafarian recipes
Best to keep it in a cupboard not the fridge. It doesn’t need chilling.
@@Ann-bm5qg Thank you Ann. I am trying to get out of using my fridge/freezer eventually. Shall go very old school when people did not have these kitchen appliances.
Thank you for this. I'd bought that for making a thai curry and was stumped
Brilliant. Thanks for this. My mum used to always have this around and used it in curries, but I think she poured boiling water over it to melt it before adding.
I use a small (ready) tin of it that you can buy from Tesco's, which I use in curries, at the last minute, but since the advent of You Know What, they don't seem to be stocking it.
So, I went to one of the Asian stores in my city and asked and sure enough, they had it in block form.
They also had plenty of rice btw! 😉😉
What I needed to know was can I just chop it up and add some to the curry without diluting it, so thanks, once again!
@@kdotwilly7935 and Wild Heart add half a block to your curry when you eat it you can then decide whether it was too much or too little and adjust next time, we all have different tastes so adjust to what suits you
I use in my shakes and in the cereal and also full spoon before going to bed easy on stomach and loosing weight
Thanks for the explanation of the different colours. How do you store the unused part of the pack? In fridge? Just cling wrapped in cupboard? How long will it last after opening? Thanks heaps.
Either way is fine. If I’m somewhere hot I’ll tend to put in fridge. Here in the UK I keep in cupboard x
Is it possible to make coconut cream out of it?
and for coconut milk add:
1 part creamed coconut with 4 - 5 parts water (100 g / 3½ oz creamed coconut + 400 ml of hot water).
So ist not heated coconut milk? Pure flesh grinded. ?
Thank you telling how to use it. Could I use it too for a cake? I want to make cream for my birtday cake. How can I use creamed coconut? Or do I need another product?
Great Vid! Was wondering what was the difference between the two parts, never occurred to me that it would be solidified coconut oil :)
very helpful video!
Thank you for the clarification! I have one pack at home and would like to do whipped cream with it do you think it would work? All the recipes I see call for coconut cream. Thanks!
I've never actually made whipped cream with the creamed coconut block.
I've done it. As with making homemade dairy whipped cream, using chilled product AND utensils is recommended, though not necessary. 1st make coconut cream by blending equal parts creamed coconut and water. Then simple proceed the same as you would with making dairy whipped cream, whip until desired consistency. Sugar and/or vanilla are optional, per your taste preferences.
Thank you for this video! So is creamed coconut the same exact thing as coconut butter because I see that in jars sometimes and it looks way smoother like you could just spread it. I'm getting confused at which to use in which recipes. I'm really hoping to find a good curry recipe that calls for it.
yeah! and how much of it do you need to add, not the entire block surely 😅🤷♀️ it's quite fattening..
@@kdotwilly7935 no it does not put on weight. Coconut has a special healthy fat. Only sugar puts on weight. We have been brain washed into believing fat puts on weight, however, they don’t. We need fats for our joints.
Loooooooool I bought this for my Pina Colada, obviously wrong product but I will still try it
Ooops 🤪
Can you cook it in rice?
Late reply but yeah, this is used to cook rice and peas the proper Jamaican way
how much of the block would you use to make the equivalent of a tin of coconut milk ie 400 ml ?
creamed coconut is the best ingredient ever! what do you think about coconut oil as a fat for cooking trinity? mixed views online.
Hi Robert - totally agreed - creamed coconut adds something very magical to so many dishes.
When it comes to coconut oil, I am also aware that there are a lot of mixed views on whether it is healthy for us or not. It feels impossible to know, since there is such conflicting information (some of which has ulterior motive). Some suggests that it ha many health benefits and other suggest the opposite. Personally I feel that it is fine in moderation. I don't personally consume it much, only tending to use it in baking for treats.
Is the creamed coconut unsweetened that you use?
Yes pure 100% coconut. It doesn’t usually come sweetened. At least I’ve not seen that ✨🙏
Everytime I try to make coconut milk from half a block of creamed coconut it curdles :( It's horrible. I drop the plastic covered block in hot water to soften it. Then I cut in half and put it in a long Metallica c cup shaped container. Then I blend using a stick blender. The very sticky and oily fat always separates and the resulting coconut milk is horrible. Is there a full proof way to getting it right? I did once get it right and it was amazing but I forgot what I did.
Ah sorry to hear this. I’ve never tried to make coconut milk with creamed coconut so unfortunately I don’t know 🤷♀️
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Hi. I found the answer! I was using cold water. Simple as that lol
@@SuhradJ Ahw brilliant glad to hear that you’ve found out! And if I make it now I’ll know too. That makes sense actually too.
Is it creamier than a can of coconut milk??? I always used coconut milk from cans will this be better?
Yes it's much creamier and melts on heating. Coconut milk is diluted with water whereas creamed coconut is pure creamed coconut.
@@KindEarthTV tytyty
When you make coconut milk or cream don't they strain the liquid out of the flesh and then discard the flesh? So with this block of creamed coconut they keep the flesh in? They just blend it up and make a block? So how comes when you use the block to make coconut cream you don't have to strain out the flesh?
Is this the same as coconut manna? I’ve never seen this in local health food stores, but I’ll ask them. Love your videos and recipes!
From what I've read coconut cream (the block) is the same as coconut butter and coconut manna is as well.
Exactly the video I was looking for.
Do you have a video that explains how to actually prepare it? I don't know if to put it in a hot water or it it into my soup maker machine.
Just chop into small pieces, toss into the soup (or curry or sauce etc) - give it a stir - and then it will rapidly melt in and thicken. It generally just melts when heated. It's helps to chop it down.
I hope that helps.
@@KindEarthTV Yes that helps. I have actually put it into my soup maker along with soy milk and water. Heated for 20 mins. The result was awesome. Then put the leftover in the refrigerator and waited till today morning. I think both of the options-drink it cool and hot are quite good. Added to it some honey and it was even more delicious.
@@im8548 oh good - I think I read 'soup' and misread haha but you got the feel of what I meant anyway... excellent.
I found mine at bulk barn in canada
bought some today from the chinese supermarket near me. had no idea what to do with it lol. Thought it looked nice though, i am gonna add it to my next curry instead of coconut milk. Yum :P
that's what i want to do. did it work out well?
Realy helpfull :)
Glad it helped!
Where's your top from?
I bought if from a regular little shop somewhere on Kauai… can’t remember where exactly
Hi, can I do coconut whipped cream with this?
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I have tried for a long time to find creamed coconut in Malaysia but without success. When I ask for it in the stores they offer me coconut cream. They don't seem to know the difference.
It’s available online.
I just want to chill in her kitchen with a cuppa
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The flesh of a coconut, cream coconut is not coconut, it's cream coconut with cream added to make it creamy???? Marvellous thank you for that!!!
i sometimes eat it with honey lol
Either buy some anti-slip mats or put a wet tea towel or kitchen towel under your chopping board.
I was really worried about your fingers.
that board is not slippery but wobbly and she uses the knife (a nice one) safely. i personally dislike wobbly boards.
*me nearly buying coconut oil for a pina colada recipe*
... Looks like I have a lot to learn... 😅
What have you used instead of the coconut oil?
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r u high??????
She talks very slow I think.
No demonstration
What a waste of time
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