The coconut milk that is made from the meat of the coconut is a culinary masterpiece. It’s beauty is not only it’s creamy texture and delicious taste, but also the vast array of health benefits it offers.Coconut milk can be thick or thin. When making thick milk, manufacturers grate the flesh of mature coconuts, then squeeze it through cheesecloth to extract the liquid. Thick milk retains more fat than thin milk.
Thin coconut milk comes from the squeezed coconut flesh left inside the cheesecloth. Manufacturers mix it with warm water then strain it through cheesecloth a second time. The resulting liquid is much thinner.