When to Use Creamed Coconut?

Creamed coconut is ideal to use when you need a coconut flavour but you don't want additional liquid, as coconut cream or milk would add to your recipe. You can roughly chop it or grate it into whatever you are cooking, for example a curry or custard. You can use creamed coconut to make coconut cream and coconut milk.

What do you use creamed coconut for?

Creamed coconut can usually be used in place of fresh coconut in many dishes including Thai and Indian dishes. It can also be used when making chutneys, or in fact in most recipes that require coconut, coconut cream or coconut milk. It has a handy thickening effect on sauces, and is as flavoursome as fresh coconut.

Can I use creamed coconut instead of cream?

Again, by simply adding hot water to creamed coconut, you can create a more than capable coconut cream substitute that can be added to any recipe and it will act in the same manner as regular coconut cream.