I often make thai curry.....thai red chicken curry being my absolute favourite! For this, one of the most vital ingredients for this is the creamed coconut - and I generally use Blue Dragon Creamed Coconut. A carton of the Blue Dragon Creamed Coconut from Sainsbury is £1.20. I have only ever seen one size carton, which is the 200g carton - which is a shame actually because sometimes I'd like a smaller carton than this because sometimes I'm only looking for a small bit. Having said that, I have frozen this successfully in the past and it's been fine.

The creamed coconut comes in a block and you need to chip off blocks of the coconut in to add to the dish. The block is fairly soft though and so it's not hard to chip off little bits of the coconut - although it can get a bit messy. It is made of 100% coconut and so it tastes nice and fresh and has that lovely creamy taste that only coconut can really provide. It is very rich and so I never need to add too much of the block to get that creamy and rich flavour. It also works well to thicken the curry and any sauce infact, and because there is no added sugar there is just the nice fresh natural flavour and no superficial sweetness which I can't abide. To add sweetness, if needed, I prefer to add a splash of fruit juice with the coconut - and this combination works really well.

Overall, I do recommend Blue Dragon Creamed Coconut and this it's a really great product if you like to cook exotic dishes.