What is coconut milk used for?
It is used in both drinks and in food (both sweet and savory), and is most common in Southeast Asian foods, such as Thai, where it is used as the base for almost all their curries. The ‘thick’ milk or cream is used mostly for desserts and thick sauces with a more delicate flavor, whereas the ‘thin’ milk is used for soups and general cooking. Some recipes even call for both kinds. Some of the common uses include: drinks (like Piña Coladas), sweet soups, curries of all sorts, to cook rice in (both sweet and savory), and many desserts such as puddings (including tapioca) and frozen desserts like coconut ice cream. It can also be substituted in many recipes that call for regular milk, and can even be used as the base for yogurt.
