List of dishes using coconut milk

Coconut milk in a bowl

This is a list of dishes 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 oil content. Most of the fat is saturated fat. Coconut milk is a very popular food ingredient used in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

Dishes that use coconut milk

Brazilian

Name	Image	Description
Canjica or curau
Cuscuz branco
Manjar branco
Moqueca		A Brazilian seafood stew based on fish, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and cilantro. It is cooked slowly, with no water added.
Pamonha		A traditional Brazilian food, it's a paste made from fresh corn and milk, boiled wrapped in corn husks, turned into a dumpling. Pamonhas can be savoury or sweet, the latter being the norm in Northeastern Brazil and in the state of Rio de Janeiro. They can be filled with a variety of ingredients, or served plain.
Several desserts
Several seafood stews
Vatapá		A Brazilian dish made from bread, shrimp, coconut milk, finely ground peanuts and palm oil mashed into a creamy paste.

Burmese

Name	Image	Description
Banana pudding		A dessert made from banana boiled in coconut milk and sugar.
Halawa		A snack made of sticky rice, butter, coconut milk, similar to Indian halwa. Burmese halawa usually contains poppy seeds and is brown in color.
Kyauk-kyaw		Coconut jelly
Mont let saung		Tapioca balls, glutinous rice, grated coconut and toasted sesame with jaggery syrup in coconut milk
Ngyuenea hakushelat		Coconut milk
Ohn no khao swè		Curried chicken and wheat noodles in a coconut milk broth
Shwegyi mont		Unsweet cake of semolina, coconut milk, and poppy seeds
Shwe yin aye		A dessert prepared with agar jelly, tapioca and sago in coconut milk

Caribbean

Name	Image	Description
Callaloo		A popular Caribbean dish originated from West Africa served in different variants across the Caribbean., its main ingredient is a leaf vegetable, traditionally either amaranth (known by many local names, including callaloo or bhaaji), taro or Xanthosoma.
Coconut bread, bake and cakes
Coconut candy		Prepared with coconut milk and coconut cream, the term "Coconut candy" most commonly refers to the candy produced in Bến Tre province, Vietnam.
Coconut icecream
Coconut soup
Oildown		A stew of breadfruit, salted meat or chicken, coconut milk and spices.[1]
Rice and peas		A mainstay of Jamaican cuisine and is traditionally, but not exclusively, eaten with the Sunday meal. Coconut milk is used to flavor the dish.
Run down		A stew dish in Jamaican cuisine and Tobago cuisine[2] that typically consists of fish, reduced coconut milk,[3] yam, tomato,[4] onion and seasonings.[2][5] Mackerel and salted mackerel[2][6] is often used in the dish.

Filipino

Name	Image	Description
Biniton		Maguindanaon dish of chicken in coconut milk, cumin, curry, chilli and lemongrass
Espasol		A cylinder-shaped Filipino rice cake prepared with rice flour, cooked in coconut milk and sweetened coconut strips, and then dusted with toasted rice flour.
Ginatâ		Generic term for entrées or desserts simmered in coconut milk
Ginataang Bilo-Bilo		Dessert soup of sticky rice dumpling in coconut broth, usually with saba banana, ube, and other ingredients.
Ginataang Tilapia		White tilapia in creamy coconut
Ginataang Manok		Chicken in coconut milk and spices
Gulaman at Sago		Sago pearls with coconut milk
Halo-halo		Shaved ice in coconut milk with sweet beans, ice cream, fruits, condensed milk, and other sundries. It's a popular Filipino dessert.
Laing		Spicy taro dish seasoned with shrimp, pork, and ginger
Maja blanca		Coconut–based blancmange, often with sweet maize kernels.
Pancit Butong		Coconut noodles. Pancit or pansit is the term for noodles in Filipino cuisine.

Hawaiian

Name	Image	Description
Haupia		A gelatin-like pudding flavored with coconut milk
Kulolo		An Hawaiian dessert made primarily from mashed taro corms and either grated coconut meat or coconut milk.
Lu'au		Taro leaves simmered in coconut milk

Indian

Indian (Tamilnadu & Kerala)

• Ada Prathaman
• Gothampu Payasam (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 (Goan and Konkani cuisine in Karnataka, and Maharashtra)

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

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

Indian (Northeast)

• Sunga Saul – a dish of the Cuisine of Assam, a state in Northeast India

Indonesian

Name	Image	Description
Arem-arem [7]		A type of food in Javanese cuisine prepared with rice and mincemeat.[7] Includes lontong, and many more.
Bika ambon [8]		Cake
Bubur ketan hitam		Dessert
Cassava		Leaf curry
Dodol		A candy. Pictured is an assortment of dodol on display in Bandung, Indonesia.
Es bubur pisang ijo		A dessert from Makassar. Banana wrapped in pandanus rice flour dough, served with coconut custard, red coconut syrup, and crushed ice.
Es bumi hangus		Dessert
Es cendol		Dessert
Es dawet ayu		Dessert
Es doger		Dessert
Es kacang hijau		A dessert that's also known as "bubur kacang hijau."
Es putar		Ice cream
Es shanghai		Dessert
Es teler		Dessert
Gulai Kepala Ikan
Jack fruit		Curry using young jack fruit
Javanese		Gudeg
Kolak		Dessert
Kue mangkok
Lemang
Nasi liwet		A food from Solo, Central Java. Rice is usually cooked in water, but nasi liwet is rice cooked in coconut milk and chicken broth, thus give the rice rich and succulent taste. This is a traditional Javanese way of cooking, from the past until now.
Sayur lodeh
Sop kaki kambing		Lamb soup
Soto betawi/soto Jakarta		Beef soup
Tongseng kambing		Lamb curry
Nasi Uduk		An Indonesian-style steamed rice cooked in coconut milk. The dish is originally from Jakarta.[9]
Opor Ayam
Rendang

Malaysian and Singaporean

Name	Image	Description
Ayam percik		Grilled chicken in spicy coconut marinade/sauce
Bubur cha cha
Bubur hitam
Chendol		Basic ingredients are coconut milk, jelly noodles made from rice flour with green food coloring (usually derived from the pandan leaf), shaved ice and palm sugar.
Chicken		Curry
Gula melaka
Laksa		A spicy noodle soup that typically includes coconut milk in its preparation.
Lemak ayam chili padi		Chicken/fish in bird's eye chili coconut milk
Lemak lodeh		Curry vegetables
Nasi lemak		A fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk and "pandan" leaf commonly found in Malaysia, where it is considered the national dish;[10] Brunei; Singapore;[11]
Pengat pisang
Puteri salat
Rendang		Beef/chicken. Rendang is on the left side of the plate in the image.

Maldivian

Name	Image	Description
Mas riha		A type of curry in Maldivian cuisine prepared with fresh tuna and eaten with rice or with roshi flatbread.[12]

Sri Lankan

Name	Image	Description
Coconut cake		Bibikkang
Coconut milk		Pol kiri - a dish in itself, usually used for gravy with Pittu
Coconut Toffee		Pol Toffee
Green bean curry
Milk gravy (Kiri hodi)		Coconut milk with a dash of saffron and onion, usually used for gravy with String-hoppers
Milk Rice		Kiri bath
Pol Pani
Potato		Curry
Spicy and non-spicy fish curry
Spicy beef curry
Spicy chicken curry
Tomato sambol
Watalappam		A coconut custard pudding made of coconut milk or condensed milk, jaggery, cashew nuts, eggs, and various spices, including cardamom, cloves,[13] and nutmeg. This dessert is very popular in Sri Lanka

Thai

Name	Image	Description
Coconut rice		Prepared by soaking white rice in coconut milk or cooking it with coconut flakes.
Green curry		A variety of curry in Thai cuisine. The name "green" curry derives from the color of the dish. Green curries tend to be as hot as red curries or hotter. The green color comes from fresh green chillies. The "sweet" in the Thai name (wan means "sweet") refers to the particular color green itself and not to the taste of the curry.
Ice Cream
Khanom tako		Jasmine scented coconut pudding set in cups of fragrant pandanus leaf.
Massaman curry		A Thai curry dish that is Muslim in origin. Due to its Muslim roots and therefore Islamic dietary laws, this curry is most commonly made with beef, but can also be made with duck, tofu, chicken, or, for non-Muslims, with pork (as pork is a forbidden food for Muslims, this variety is not eaten by observant Thai Muslims). The dish is flavored with Massaman curry paste, which usually contains coconut milk, roasted peanuts or cashews, potatoes, bay leaves, cardamom pods, cinnamon, star anise, palm sugar, fish sauce, chili and tamarind sauce.
Thai satay sauce
Phanaeng curry		Generally milder than other Thai curries, it traditionally includes dried chili peppers, galangal, lemongrass, coriander root, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, garlic, shrimp paste and salt, and sometimes also shallots and peanuts.[14]
Pineapple curry
Red curry		A popular Thai dish consisting of curry paste to which coconut milk is added. The main ingredients are garlic, shallots, (dried) red chili peppers, galangal, shrimp paste, salt, kaffir lime peel, coriander root, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, peppercorns and lemongrass. The base is properly made with a mortar and pestle Pictured is Thai red curry with pork.
Thai Shaved Ice or Nam Kang Sai		Known as snow cone in the US. Another name is 'Wan-Yen'. In Thailand, this kind of cold dessert is very popular as well. The differences from other countries' shaved ice is that in the Thai version the toppings (mixings) are in the bottom and the shaved ice is on top. There are between 20-30 varieties of mixings that can be mixed in. Among them are young coconut that have been soaked in coconut milk, black sticky rice, chestnuts, sweetened taro, red beans, cheng-sim-ee (special flour that is very chewy and slippery) and many more.
Tom Kha "coconut soup"		Prepared with coconut milk, galangal, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, and chicken, and often contains straw, shiitake, or other mushrooms, as well as coriander leaves.
Yellow curry		One of three major kinds of Thai curry that are commonly found in Thai restaurants in the West.[15] There is also kaeng lueang (Thai: แกงเหลือง), which directly translated means "yellow curry" in Thai but this curry does not contain any coconut milk.

Vietnamese

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