Coconut milk powder is an ingredient in many West Indian and Southeast Asian cooking and is a great alternative to cow's milk. Adds great flavor to your Rice and Peas and Stewed Peas dishes.
Just add water and enjoy. It is prepared by soaking the grated flesh of a coconut in hot water or scalded milk, then straining the combination.
Coconut milk is classified as thick, thin, or coconut cream. Thick coconut milk is the result of the first soaking and squeezing.
If this milk is refrigerated it separates, and the top layer is the cream. Thin coconut milk is what is produced when one steeps the coconut meat a second time and then strains.
Save yourself all that work, purchase this item, just add water enjoy. Coconut milk powder is also a great alternative to cow's milk.