Coconut milk & curry

[HavocXphere]

Anybody know where to buy coconut milk that *isn't* stabilizer with coconut flavour in it by any chance?

Same question for curry...closest I've found is a brand that contains *only* some extra gluten crap and not a laundry list of other stuff.

Pta east preferably.

 

[unskinnybob]

Woolies foods sells cans of coconut milk. Think it's legit.

 

[Picard]

I often buy coconut cream from PnP but I've never checked whether it was "real" or not.

 

[bokka1]

Coconut milk is not the juice inside a coconut but is made by crushing the meat and extracting the juices. I am sure that they must add some type of stabiliser to keep it in a tin.

 

[HavocXphere]

Woolies foods sells cans of coconut milk. Think it's legit.

Will have a look.

I often buy coconut cream from PnP but I've never checked whether it was "real" or not.

Thats the one I've been buying. I'm sure there is "real" coconut milk in it too, my main issue is the long list of weird stuff in it.

Coconut milk is not the juice inside a coconut but is made by crushing the meat and extracting the juices. I am sure that they must add some type of stabiliser to keep it in a tin.

I suppose. I'd still like to know how much of it is actual coconut & how much is flavour gum base etc.

 

[blunomore]

Why did you not use my existing curry thread for this question?

 

[Pooky]

Why did you not use my existing curry thread for this question?

Didn't feel like it?

 

[AvatarS]

Anybody know where to buy coconut milk that *isn't* stabilizer with coconut flavour in it by any chance?

Same question for curry...closest I've found is a brand that contains *only* some extra gluten crap and not a laundry list of other stuff.

Pta east preferably.

There are several brands at supermarkets - read them all and see what suits you best? Can't say I have coconut milk brand loyalty.
They're probably all going to contain stabilisers, but the primary ingredient will be coconut milk.

As for curry, what type specifically? You can also make it from scratch...

Coconut milk is not the juice inside a coconut but is made by crushing the meat and extracting the juices. I am sure that they must add some type of stabiliser to keep it in a tin.

Coconut water is the juice inside the coconut.
Coconut milk is the liquid extracted from the grated meat of the coconut. You get the first extraction (thick coconut milk or sometimes coconut cream) and the second extraction where they soak the squeezed coconut in water and then extract it again.
Coconut cream has less water than coconut milk, so is a lot thicker. The thick layer that separates is usually skimmed off for this.

I think the stabiliser is also used to avoid the separation in the can as people don't get that it's supposed to separate.

Why did you not use my existing curry thread for this question?

Probably because the primary question isn't a curry one?

 

[HavocXphere]

Why did you not use my existing curry thread for this question?

The curry Q was an afterthought. Apologies if I have offend the chief resident curry expert.

As for curry, what type specifically? You can also make it from scratch...

ah. It seems I had the entire thing back to front. I thought curry powder is one specific spice - but wiki tells me its a mixture in itself. No wonder I couldn't find "pure" curry without other spices. oops.

I think the stabiliser is also used to avoid the separation in the can as people don't get that it's supposed to separate.

Doesn't work. Still separates even with stabilizer & gum base in it.

 

[AvatarS]

ah. It seems I had the entire thing back to front. I thought curry powder is one specific spice - but wiki tells me its a mixture in itself. No wonder I couldn't find "pure" curry without other spices. oops.


Doesn't work. Still separates even with stabilizer & gum base in it.

Ah. Thought you might be after a thai red curry or something like that and the mixes you were finding were full of artificial crap.

That is quite funny

I know it does, but I've seen posts online of people saying they thought it was spoiled and tossed it, so I figure that's possibly one of the reasons why it's there - could be very wrong

 

[Picard]

I think the stabiliser is also used to avoid the separation in the can as people don't get that it's supposed to separate.

I usually buy JEMZ and after reading your post I realise that it must be a good product because I often find that I must mix the can after opening it (or shake it before) because all the thickness are at the top.

 

[blunomore]

The curry Q was an afterthought. Apologies if I have offend the chief resident curry expert.

Not at all and that title does not belong to me. I cannot tell you when last I had the time to make a proper curry ...... I miss my kitchen adventures, but my baby just does not allow that - when I am in the kitchen, she does not want to play, but instead cling to my legs to be picked up so I do not have two hands free to cook!!