coconut milk
noun
1
: a thick, white, milky liquid extracted from grated coconut after it has been soaked in boiling water
2
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Add chickpeas, nuts and slowly add coconut milk to taste, increasing curry flavor, if necessary.
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Carlos Frías, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Remove the cinnamon stick and then add the coconut milk and about 100ml of water and stir to combine.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Jan. 2024
Stir in the pumpkin, then add the broth, coconut milk, brown sugar and cinnamon.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
The frosty halo on top is frozen coconut milk and lime juice.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Recalling the crushed ice of his childhood, molded into ice pops and sold by bicycle vendors in Kerala, India, his coconut crystals — coconut water, coconut milk and a touch of cardamom, all blended with liquid nitrogen — are embedded with mango gelée and candied basmati rice puffs.
—New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Rendang, officially recognized by the Indonesian government as one of the country's five national dishes, is a dry curry with chunks of beef braised in coconut milk and spice paste for up to five hours until only clumps of spice remain.
—The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Rendang is a signature Indonesian dish of beef cheeks slow braised in coconut milk and warm spices until unctuous and juicy.
—Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2024
Besides the protein blend and greens blend from organic spirulina, barley grass, wheat grass, and chlorella, the only other ingredients are organic coconut milk powder, vanilla powder, coconut sugar, and stevia leaf extract.
—Kelsey Kunik, Rd, Health, 29 Dec. 2023
Carlos Frías, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Remove the cinnamon stick and then add the coconut milk and about 100ml of water and stir to combine.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Jan. 2024
Stir in the pumpkin, then add the broth, coconut milk, brown sugar and cinnamon.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
The frosty halo on top is frozen coconut milk and lime juice.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
Recalling the crushed ice of his childhood, molded into ice pops and sold by bicycle vendors in Kerala, India, his coconut crystals — coconut water, coconut milk and a touch of cardamom, all blended with liquid nitrogen — are embedded with mango gelée and candied basmati rice puffs.
—New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Rendang, officially recognized by the Indonesian government as one of the country's five national dishes, is a dry curry with chunks of beef braised in coconut milk and spice paste for up to five hours until only clumps of spice remain.
—The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Rendang is a signature Indonesian dish of beef cheeks slow braised in coconut milk and warm spices until unctuous and juicy.
—Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2024
Besides the protein blend and greens blend from organic spirulina, barley grass, wheat grass, and chlorella, the only other ingredients are organic coconut milk powder, vanilla powder, coconut sugar, and stevia leaf extract.
—Kelsey Kunik, Rd, Health, 29 Dec. 2023
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