This is a list of notable dishes made using coconut milk. Coconut milk is the liquid that comes from the grated meat of a coconut. The color and rich taste of the milk can be attributed to the high

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content. Most of the fat is saturated fat. Coconut milk is a very popular food ingredient used in Southeast Asia, especially in

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, and

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and in South Asia, specifically in Sri Lanka and

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Dishes that use coconut milk

Brazilian

Burmese

Caribbean

Filipino

Hawaiian

Indian

Indian (Tamil Nadu & Kerala)

* Ada Prathaman * Gothampu

Payasam Kheer, also known as payasam, is a sweet dish and a type of wet pudding popular in the Indian subcontinent, usually made by boiling milk, sugar or jaggery, and rice, although rice may be substituted with one of the following: daals, bulgur w ...

(Wheat Payasam) * Kerala Curries * Molugootal (sometimes used in conjunction with fresh grated coconut to enhance flavour) * Mutton Stew * Paal-Appam (sweetened coconut milk in the center of the Aapam for taste) * Parippu Prathaman * Puttu (Steam cake) Grated coconut is mixed with rice powder for taste

Indian (
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and Konkani cuisine in
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, and Maharashtra)

Almost all dishes have coconut milk and paste as its base (called as "''Aapros''" in Konkani) *

Solkadhi Solkadhi is a type of drink, an appetizer originating from the Indian subcontinent, usually eaten with rice or sometimes drunk after or along with the meals. Popular in the coastal regions of Goa, southern Maharashtra and northern Karnataka, it ...

* All vegetable and fish curries * Coconut Rice * Payasa, Mangane, Kheer

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* Sunga Saul a dish of the

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, a state in

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Coconut and coconut milk are both used as a garnish in several traditional dishes across Bihar, Eastern U.P., Uttaranchal and Bundelkhand. Its generally used in dishes made of jackfruit, pumpkin and other gourds.

Indonesian

Malaysian and Singaporean

Maldivian

Sri Lankan

Thai

}), which directly translated means "yellow curry" in Thai but this curry does not contain any coconut milk.

Vietnamese

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Bajigur Bajigur (sundanese script: , also known as Sundanese coconut latte) is a hot and sweet beverage native to the Sundanese people of West Java, Indonesia. The main ingredients are coconut milk and Aren sugar; usually to add taste, a small amount of ...

Bebinca ''Bebinca'' or ''bebinka'', (Konkani; ''bibik'') is a layer cake of Indo-Portuguese cuisine in Goa, India. In traditional baking, Bebinka has between 7 and 16 layers, but bakeries can modify the cake recipe as per convenience and taste. It ...

Boluo fan Boluo fan () or pineapple rice is a method of preparing rice for consumption that is used by the Dai people, a Tai cultural group residing in Yunnan province, southwest China. Description of process The rice (usually a mix of purple and white ...

Bubur kacang hijau Bubur kacang hijau, abbreviated burjo, is a Southeast Asian sweet porridge (''bubur'') made from mung beans (''kacang hijau''), coconut milk, and palm sugar or cane sugar. The beans are boiled till soft, and sugar and coconut milk are added. Sli ...

Chè bà ba ''Chè bà ba'' is a Vietnamese dessert with a coconut milk soup base and square pieces of taro, cassava and khoai lang bí, a kind of long sweet potato with red skin and yellow flesh. The dish commonly includes pieces of tapioca, and the dis ...

* Coconut milk *

Coquito Coquito meaning ''"Little Coconut"'' in Spanish is a traditional Christmas drink that originated in Puerto Rico. The coconut-based alcoholic beverage is similar to eggnog, and is sometimes referred to as Puerto Rican Eggnog (though incorrectly, ...

Kalu dodol Kalu dodol ( si, කලු දොදොල්, Tamil: தொடோல்) is a sweet dish, a type of dodol that is popular in Sri Lanka. The dark and sticky dish consists mainly of kithul jaggery (from the sap of the toddy palm), rice flour and ...

Khanom thuai Overview Khanom thuai or Khanom thuai talai (as Referred to in some areas) is a traditional Thai dessert that has a sweet taste in contrast with a salty taste. The uniqueness of this dish is that it is served in small ceramic bowls (hence the ...

* Khao tom mad *

Kiribath Kiribath ( si, කිරිබත්) is a traditional Sri Lankan dish made from rice. It is prepared by cooking rice with coconut milk, hence this name, and can be considered a form of rice cake or rice pudding. Kiribath is an essential dish i ...

* Kokis * Mango pomelo sago * Nasi gurih *

Opor Opor is a type of dish cooked and braised in coconut milk from Indonesia, especially from Central Java.Patrick Witton and Mark Elliott (2003)''Lonely Planet Indonesia'' Lonely Planet Publications, p. 108 In Indonesia the term 'opor' refers to the ...

* Stew peas

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