foto: Instagram/@rumahmangga1
Brilio.net - Coconut milk plays an important role in creating a savory taste and creamy texture in cooking. Not only used in savory dishes such as curry and rendang, coconut milk can also enrich the taste of sweet dishes such as kolak or even fresh drinks. However, in any cooking, the coconut milk used is usually cooked or boiled with other ingredients.
In fact, this is often a challenge for some people. When cooked, coconut milk easily breaks because it is heated. If it is like that, the coconut milk certainly cannot blend with the food, so it can interfere with the taste. In addition, the appearance of the food is also less attractive when served.
To prevent coconut milk from splitting, special attention is needed in cooking techniques. Stirring the coconut milk slowly and continuously while cooking, and keeping the temperature from getting too high, are some ways that can help keep the consistency of the coconut milk stable.
But instead of stirring it continuously, you can use another trick that is more practical. An Instagram user @rumahmangga1 once shared a trick for using coconut milk for cooking so that the results do not split. This trick can also make coconut milk last longer, you know.
photo: Instagram/@rumahmangga1
As reported by BrilioFood from the Instagram account @rumahmangga1 on Wednesday (28/8), the trick that can be applied is to add coconut milk when the dish is boiling or almost cooked. In the video, this netizen makes an example when he is about to cook bamboo shoot curry. So at the beginning, he puts in all the ingredients and spices first. Then he cooks it until it boils. Make sure the taste and the amount of water are right, okay.
photo: Instagram/@rumahmangga1
So, when the food has boiled, then add the coconut milk while stirring the food. Shortly after adding coconut milk, the boiling process will repeat. At this stage, you can immediately stir the food slowly.
"After adding water from the remaining coconut milk, the vegetable broth will repeat the boiling process, so that cooking is not rushed because you forget to stir it," explained the owner of the Instagram account @rumahmangga1.
It is important to add coconut milk at the last stage to minimize the coconut milk from splitting. Because stirring coconut milk dishes continuously will certainly make you sore. Then if you put it in last, you can just stir it casually until the coconut milk boils again.
photo: Instagram/@rumahmangga1
In addition to preventing coconut milk from curdling, this method is also considered to prevent food from spoiling quickly. Not without reason, coconut milk contains fat and water which, when heated for too long, can trigger a chemical reaction that makes food spoil more easily. When coconut milk is cooked for too long at high temperatures, the fat in the coconut milk can break, which not only affects the texture and taste of the food but also accelerates the spoilage process.
This upload about coconut milk cooking trick has been viewed more than 66 thousand times on Instagram. It is no wonder that many other Instagram users are interested and also provide direct responses through the comments column. Most of these netizens expressed their gratitude for getting new and useful knowledge.
"Thanks for the tips, sis," said Instagram @bydapurshanum.
"Wow, these tips are really useful for me, who can't cook coconut milk and can only stir-fry it," said Instagram @husna16.
"Thanks for sharing, sis, even though I often remind myself of santen dishes so they don't get stale quickly, sis," said Instagram @rumahpramudya.
"Thank you, sis, for sharing your knowledge," wrote the Instagram account @novita_widya80.
"This is the right way, sis... nice tips," commented the Instagram account @indahjamilah.
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