List of dishes made using coconut milk facts for kids

Coconut milk in a bowl

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 oil content. Most of the fat is saturated fat. Coconut milk is a very popular food ingredient used in Southeast Asia, especially in Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines and in South Asia, specifically in Sri Lanka and South India.

Dishes that use coconut milk

Brazilian

Name	Image	Description
Canjica		Traditional sweet made of white or yellow de-germed maize kernels, milk, coconut, peanuts, coconut milk, cinnamon and cloves.
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 is 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
Ngapyaw baung		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 ice cream
Coconut soup
Oil down		A stew of breadfruit, salted meat or chicken, coconut milk and spices.
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 that typically consists of fish, reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings. Mackerel and salted mackerel is often used in the dish.

Filipino

Name	Image	Description
Adobo sa gata		Version of Philippine adobo with coconut milk
Bibingka		A class of baked rice cakes made with ground glutinous rice and coconut milk
Bicol Express		Spicy coconut-milk based stew with chilis, shrimp paste, and pork
Biko		Steamed rice cake with coconut milk, brown sugar, and whole glutinous rice
Bilo-bilo		Dessert soup of sticky rice dumpling in coconut broth, usually with saba banana, ube, and other ingredients.
Binagol		Sweet steamed delicacy made from mashed giant taro corms, condensed milk, sugar, coconut milk, and egg yolks.
Binatog sa gata		Filipino boiled corn desert topped with freshly grated coconut, butter, and salt (or sugar). This variant adds coconut milk.
Binignit		Dessert soup made from sweetened coconut milk, glutinous rice, fruits, and various root crops
Biniton		Maguindanaon dish of chicken in coconut milk, cumin, curry, chilli and lemongrass
Buko pandan		Agar and various jellies in pandan-flavored coconut milk
Cassava cake		Moist cake made from grated cassava, coconut milk, and condensed milk with a custard layer on top
Dodol		Confection made from coconut milk, jaggery, and rice flour
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.
Ginataan		Generic term for entrées or desserts simmered in coconut milk
Ginataang alimango		Mud crabs in coconut milk
Ginataang alimasag		Blue crabs in coconut milk
Ginataang ampalaya		Bitter melon in coconut milk
Ginataang curacha		Spanner crabs in coconut milk. A notable version is curacha Alavar.
Ginataang hipon		Shrimp in coconut milk
Ginataang isda		Fish in coconut milk and spices
Ginataang kalabasa		Coconut milk and calabaza soup, usually with shrimp and green beans
Ginataang kuhol		Apple snails in coconut milk with leafy vegetables and spices
Ginataang langka		Jackfruit in coconut milk. Variants include ginataang kamansi (breadnut) and ginataang rimas (breadfruit)
Ginataang mais		Dessert gruel made from sweet corn and glutinous rice in coconut milk
Ginataang manok		Chicken in coconut milk and spices
Ginataang munggo		Dessert gruel made from glutinous rice and mung beans
Ginisang munggo sa gata		A variant of ginisang munggo with coconut milk added, usually eaten with dried fish or pork. Sometimes also called "ginataang munggo"
Gising-gising (Ginataang sigarilyas)		Minced winged beans or green beans in a spicy coconut milk broth
Gulaman at sago		Sago pearls and agar with coconut milk
Halo-halo sa gata		A popular Filipino dessert with shaved ice with sweet beans, ice cream, fruits, and other sundries. This variant uses coconut milk in place of evaporated milk
Inubaran		Chicken cooked in coconut milk or cream with banana pith and lemongrass
Inulukan		River crabs in taro leaves and coconut milk
Junay		Rice steamed in coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves with burnt coconut meat and various spices.
Kalamay		A sticky sweet delicacy made of coconut milk, brown sugar, and ground glutinous rice
Kinilaw sa gata		Raw fish in vinegar with coconut milk
Kulawo		Salad using banana blossoms or grilled eggplants with coconut milk uniquely extracted from toasted grated coconut meat
Laing		Spicy taro dish seasoned with shrimp, pork, and ginger
Linarang		Fish stew with coconut milk, garlic, red onions, tomatoes, fermented black beans, chilis, and sour fruits
Maja blanca		Coconut–based blancmange, often with sweet maize kernels.
Paelya		Filipino adaptation with glutinous rice of Spanish paella and related dishes. Filipino versions can sometimes use coconut milk, especially in the bringhe variant.
Pancit buko		A noodle dish which uses strips of young coconut milk instead of noodles.
Panyalam		Fried rice cake made from glutinous rice and coconut milk
Piaparan		Meat cooked in coconut milk with spices, shredded coconut, and palapa
Pininyahang hipon		Shrimp cooked in a coconut milk and pineapple-based sauce
Pininyahang manok		Chicken cooked in a coconut milk and pineapple-based sauce
Piyanggang manok		Chicken cooked in a coconut milk with various sauces and pulverized burnt coconut meat
Salukara		Fried pancake of rice flour and coconut milk
Sapin-sapin		Layered dessert of glutinous rice and coconut milk
Sarsa na uyang		Dish made from pounded freshwater shrimp, shredded coconut, chilis, ginger, peppercorns and other spices wrapped in coconut leaves and boiled in coconut milk
Sayongsong		Steamed rice cake with rice, sweetened coconut milk, and calamansi, uniquely sold in cones made of banana leaves
Sinanglay		Stuffed fish wrapped in leafy vegetables, lemongrass or pandan leaves, and cooked in spicy coconut milk
Sinantolan		Grated santol in spicy coconut cream sauce with shrimp paste
Suman		Rice cake made with glutinous rice and coconut milk wrapped in leaves
Tinumok		Taro leaves with shrimp, fish, and coconut meat
Tiyula itum		Meat in a black stew of coconut milk, burnt coconut meat, and various spices
Tupig		Ground slightly-fermented soaked glutinous rice (galapong) mixed with coconut milk, muscovado sugar, and young coconut (buko) strips. It is wrapped into a cylindrical form in banana leaves and grilled directly on charcoal.
Ube halaya		Dessert made from mashed purple yam with sweetened coconut milk or dairy milk

Hawaiian

Name	Image	Description
Butter mochi		A confection made from glutinous rice flour and butter
Haupia		A gelatin-like pudding flavored with coconut milk
Kulolo		A Hawaiian dessert made primarily from mashed taro corms and either grated coconut meat or coconut milk.
Squid lu'au		Taro leaves and octopus simmered in coconut milk.

Indian

Indian (Tamil Nadu & 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)

• Solkadhi
• 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

Indian (North India)

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

Name	Image	Description
Arem-arem		A type of food in Javanese cuisine prepared with rice and mincemeat. Includes lontong, and many more.
Ayam percik		Malay grilled chicken.
Bika ambon		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 is also known as "bubur kacang hijau"
Es putar		Ice cream
Es shanghai		Dessert
Es teler		Dessert
Gudeg		Javanese jack fruit stew
Gulai Kepala Ikan
Jack fruit		Curry using young jack fruit
Klappertaart		Dutch-influenced Indonesian cake originating from Manado, North Sulawesi. Tart made from flour, sugar, milk, butter, as well as coconut flesh and juice.
Kolak		Dessert
Kue mangkok
Laksa		A spicy noodle soup.
Lemang
Nasi lemak		A Malay fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milik and pandan leaf.
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		A vegetable soup prepared from vegetables in coconut milk popular in Indonesia, but most often associated with Javanese cuisine.
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.
Opor ayam		A dish consisting of chicken cooked in coconut milk from Indonesia, especially from Central Java.
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		A Malaysian sugar made from the sap of flower buds from the coconut tree
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; Brunei; Singapore;
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.

Sri Lankan

Name	Image	Description
Pitthu		Coconut Cake
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
Kiribath		Coconut milk rice
Pol Pani		Sri Lankan pancake made with coconut milk
Parippu		Sri Lankan style lentil or Dhal curry
Aloo Kari		Potato Curry
Malumas Kari		Fish Curry
Harakamas Kari		Beef Curry
Kukulmas Kari		Chicken Curry
Watalappam		A coconut custard pudding made of coconut milk or condensed milk, jaggery, cashew nuts, eggs, and various spices, including cardamom, cloves, 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.
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 and 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. 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

Name	Image	Description
Cháo cá lóc nước cốt dừa		Rice congee with fish in coconut broth
Chè đậu xanh nước cốt dừa		Mung bean sweet pudding dessert in coconut milk
Chuối rim mật nước cốt dừa		Banana simmered in honey and coconut milk
Curry chicken		A common delicacy in South Asia, Southeast Asia, as well as in the Caribbean (where it is usually referred to as "curry chicken"). A typical South Asian curry consists of chicken stewed in an onion and tomato-based sauce, flavored with ginger, garlic, chili peppers and a variety of spices, often including turmeric, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, cardamom, and others. Pictured is Vietnamese chicken coconut curry.
Ốc len xào dừa		Escargot sautéed in coconut milk
Thịt kho nước cốt dừa		Caramelized braised pork in coconut milk

Unsorted

See also

• List of coconut dishes