Blue Dragon Creamed Coconut

I am a great fan of Thai green curry and ever since my friend gave me a recipe, I like to cook it myself. Thai green curry requires coconut milk and coconut cream, now the coconut milk is not a problem to buy as all the supermarkets stock this, but just lately I have had a nightmare trying to get my hands on coconut cream. All supermarkets used to stock it ready made in a small packet, but now they all seem to have stopped. I am sure you will be able to purchase this in the Chinese supermarkets, but they are all located in Leeds centre and it is very rare that I venture into Leeds shopping. I then spotted Blue Dragon Creamed coconut on the shelves; this ...  Read the complete review

I have been trying to cook more meals from scratch for ages now, and part of my chicken curry requires some coconut milk. After a while of buying the tinned coconut milk, one week I received a block of sold coconut as a substitute on my food shopping order. I wasn't very happy or excited at the prospect of using solid coconut in my curry as it is so easy to open a tin and just pour it in. This was going to require effort. Packaged in a purple cardboard outer shell, the solid block of coconut hides inside wrapped in a thick shrunk plastic wrap. I wasn't even sure what I had to do with it the first time I opened it. Reading the instructions I learnt ...  Read the complete review

Blue Dragon Creamed Coconut http://www.bluedragon.com One of my favourite meals is a thai red or green curry cooked from scratch. This is ready in no time and tastes fresh, spicy, creamy and fragrant. Part of what makes this taste so unique is the addition of coconut milk, unfortunately this is quite high in fat so I usually try to buy the lower fat version. This week, there was no tinned coconut milk in my local supermarket so I bought this variety for the first time. The box itself is purple and costs around £1 from most supermarkets (this is cheaper than the tins which cost anything up to £1.50). It has the blue Dragon ...  Read the complete review

My husband taught me to cook Thai Green curry from scratch (actually I think I might make one tonight!) and we always use Blue Dragon Creamed Coconut. In my opinion it is the best on the market. It has a much stronger taste than coconut milk and does not make the curry as watery. If you use a lot of veg in your curries then they can become too liquidy. When you then add coconut milk it can look more like soup than curry. However, if you used creamed coconut, there is no need for so much liquid and the sauce can become much thicker. Also, the liquid that there is has come naturally from the vegetables as they have cooked and so it is much better for ...  Read the complete review