"Coconut Milk"

[SusieQ]

For those who like to cook Thai or Indian curries, here's a substitute for coconut milk.

1 cup nonfat ricotta cheese or 1 cup silken tofu
1 tsp. sweetener (Splenda or sugar. Count points for sugar)
1 tsp. coconut extract

Place all ingredients in blender and whir until smooth. Use immediately as you would coconut milk.

Susie

[cknowca]

Thanks. That's a great idea. Do you use it just like coconut milk in curries?

[nydah]

I wonder if some ff milk with some coconut extract and some splenda would work, too?? Hmmm...I'll try it and let you all know.

[SusieQ]

Never tried it with FF milk, I think it would be too watery. The blended silken tofu comes out just right, and the orginal recipe called for ff ricotta cheese.

You use it exactly as coconut milk is used in any curry dish.

Susie

[akansan]

I recently substituted evaporated FF milk for the coconut milk. It was a bit more of the same consistency, it just didn't have quite the same flavor. I missed the sweetness of the coconut milk.