Serves 6
Ingredients
2 cups long white rice
2 cups coconut milk
2 cups water
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Directions
Combine all the ingredients into a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Once the mixture is boiling cover and reduce to a low temperature. Simmer covered for about 20 minutes and then remove from heat and leave covered [...]
categories: arroz, coco, coconut, coconut milk, long white rice, rice, sugar, white rice
Makes 4-6 drinks
Ingredients
2 Thai tea bags
2 tablespoons orange zest
½ cup orange juice
½ cup thai basil leaves
½ cup turbinado sugar
4 cups water
1 cup coconut milk
Ice
Directions
In a large sauce pan place the tea bags, orange zest, juice, thai basil leaves, sugar and 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat and simmer for [...]
categories: beverage, citrus iced tea, coconut milk, drink, drinks, iced tea, orange, tea, thai, thai basil iced tea, vegan
Makes about 30 truffles
Ingredients
½ cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¼ cup coconut milk
2 tablespoons caramel
1 tablespoon honey
8 ounces semisweet or bittersweet dark chocolate, chopped
Toasted Coconut for Dusting
Directions
In a heavy bottom saucepan, heat the heavy cream, vanilla, coconut milk,caramel and honey to a simmer, about 3 minutes, using a rubber spatula to scrape the side of [...]
categories: bittersweet chocolate, caramel, coconut, coconut milk, dark chocolate, dessert, heavy cream, honey, semisweet chocolate, toasted coconut, truffles, vanilla extract
Makes 1 drink
INGREDIENTS
¼ strong black tea
¼ cup cooked tapioca pearls
¼ fresh mango syrup or Chai syrup (recipes follow)
¼ cup coconut milk
Crushed ice
DIRECTIONS
Make black tea and allow to cool. Allow to cool in the refrigerator. In the meantime, bring a large pot of water to a boil on the stove. Add the tapioca pearls (make 2 [...]
categories: allspice, black peppercorns, black tea, brown sugar, cardamom, cardamom pods, Chai syrup, cinnamon, cinnamon stick, cloves, coconut milk, ginger, mango syrup, mangoes, star anise, sugar, tapioca pearls
Serves 4
INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup fresh mango, peeled and cubed
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
1 cup short-grain brown rice, rinsed
1 cup coconut milk
2 cups milk, warmed
1 vanilla bean, split
¼ cup shredded coconut
PREPARATION
In a medium-size saucepot over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter and add mango and ginger, sauté for a few minutes. Then add [...]
categories: brown rice, butter, coconut, coconut milk, ginger, mango, milk, rice, risotto, vanilla bean
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
1 cup of sweet/gluttonous or “sticky” rice
2 cups of coconut milk
¾ cup of refined sugar
1 teaspoon of coconut essence
1 tablespoons grated lemon rind
2 teaspoons rice flour
1 ripe mango, sliced to your preference
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup of toasted coconut shavings
DIRECTIONS
Wash rice three times in cold water, draining after each wash. Then completely soak washed rice [...]
categories: coconut, coconut essence, coconut milk, lemon rind, mango, refined sugar, rice, rice flour, salt, sticky rice
Khao Tom Mat (Thailand)
Serves 4 to 8 (makes 8 dumplings)
INGREDIENTS
For the Rice Mixture
¼ cup dried black turtle beans, soaked in plenty of water for 6 to 8 hours or ½ cup canned, drained and rinsed
3 pandan leaves, each folded in half and tied into a knot for easier handling, or ¼ teaspoon pandan extract
½ cup [...]
categories: banana, banana leaf, black turtle benas, bundles, coconut milk, Dumplings, leaf, rice, wrapped
Serves 6-9
Ingredients
1½ cup all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon, freshly grated
1 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
½ cup butter, soft
1 cup sugar
6 eggs
1 vanilla bean, cut and scraped (insides reserved)
2 cups mango, ripe and chopped small
½ cup vanilla brown sugar syrup (¼ cup water, ¼ cup brown sugar, 1 vanilla bean [...]
categories: all purpose flour, baking powder, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, coconut milk, condensed milk, dessert, eggs, heavy cream, mangoes, nutmeg, salt, sugar, vanilla bean, vanilla brown sugar syrup, water
Makes quite a few snow cones
Most of us don’t have ice scrapers in our kitchen for snow cones so this raspado recipe is modified to utilize the tools we all typically have in our kitchen while still being able to enjoy the authentic taste of a snow cone!
Ingredients
For a mango raspado
2 mangoes, ripe, peeled, deseeded [...]
categories: coconut, coconut milk, desserts, honey, lime juice, lime zest, mangoes, pineapple, raw coconut, snow cones, sugar, water
Makes 12 muffins
Ingredients
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons fresh nutmeg, grated
2 teaspoons fresh cinnamon, grated
½ teaspoon (a pinch) ground cloves
½ teaspoon salt
¼ cup light brown sugar
⅓ cup honey
1 cup soy yogurt
¼ cup coconut milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons fresh ginger, peeled and grated
1 cup fresh [...]
categories: baking powder, baking soda, breakfast, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, coconut milk, fruit, fruit muffin, ginger, honey, kids, light brown sugar, muffin, muffins, nutmeg, pastry flour, soy yogurt, summer fruit, vanilla, whole wheat, whole wheat flour
Makes 1 drink
Ingredients
¼ strong black tea
¼ cup cooked large tapioca pearls
¼ fresh summer melon puree of choice
¼ cup coconut milk
Crushed ice
Directions
Make black tea and allow to cool. Allow to cool in the refrigerator. In the meantime, bring a large pot of water to a boil on the stove. Add the tapioca pearls (make 2 cups [...]
categories: black tea, bubble tea, coconut milk, melon, melon bubble tea, summer melon, tapioca pearls, tea, vietnamese
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
Olive oil, for sautéing
4 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, chopped
2 green chilies, chopped
1 tablespoon lemongrass, chopped fine
3 limes, zest and juice
1 large red onion, chopped
4 chicken breasts sliced into thick, long slices about 1 inch wide and the length of the breast
2 large leeks, chopped
1 large orange pepper, chopped in large pieces
1 large [...]
categories: chicken, chicken breast, chilies, cilantro, coconut, coconut milk, curry, ginger, herbs, leeks, lemongrass, limes, orange peppers, red onion, red peppers, soup, thai
Serves 6
Ingredients
2 pounds of Nantucket Bay Scallops
2 teaspoons salt
Juice and zest of 3 limes
½ cup coconut milk
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon lemon grass bulb, chopped into a paste
1 tablespoon garlic, chopped into a paste
1 tablespoon ginger, chopped into a paste
1 tablespoon raw sugar
1 or 2 red thai chilis, sliced thin
1 red bell pepper, chopped fine
2 [...]
categories: basil, bay scallops, bell pepper, bell peppers, ceviche, cilantro, coconut, coconut milk, fish, garlic, ginger, Hoisin, hoisin sauce, lemon grass, lemon grass bulb, lime, limes, mint, peanut, peanuts, pepper, peppers, raw sugar, red bell pepper, red thai chili, red thai chilies, scallops, thai, Thai basil, Thai chili, Thai chilies
Makes 1 large cake
Ingredients
8 tablespoons (1 stick) margarine
1 vanilla bean, split and scraped clean
1 cup sugar, separated
1 fresh pineapple, cored and sliced
¾ cups cornmeal
¾ cups flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1½ teaspoons coarse salt
¾ cup egg replacers (replacers must equal approximately 3 large eggs)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup coconut milk
Directions
Preheat oven to 350˚F.
Melt 4 [...]
categories: cake, coconut milk, pineapple, pineapple upside-down cake, upside-down cake, vanilla cake, vegan