Note: If you don't have any
light coconut milk on hand, you can substitute with your preferred dairy / dairy - substitute of choice.
I used my own icing recipe as I didn't have
coconut milk on hand so I can't say how delicious yours is (though I'm certain it is awesome!!).
It works great and I like to keep a bottle around for baking with, but feel free to substitute soy - milk curdled with a bit of lemon juice if you don't happen to have the
cultured coconut milk on hand.
I actually had a can of the Native Forest
Organic Coconut milk on hand, but since I haven't used coconut milk in a sweet recipe before I wasn't sure if I was to mix it all together or just use the solid contents.
I tend to like some rice alongside any Asian inspired soups that I eat as well, and if I've got a can
of coconut milk on hand, I usually end up making this recipe.
Because I don't always have
coconut milk on hand, I sometimes make this with orange or pineapple juice (or a mix of both).
First disappointment was when I realized I had
no coconut milk on hand... and the second was when I realized I also had no baby corn.
I subbed soy sauce for the tamari (I didn't have any), stir fried the veggies so I didn't have to heat the house up with the oven, left out the tofu altogether (I don't like the stuff), and was shocked to discover that I didn't have
any coconut milk on hand, so I had to just use milk.
(I only had a can of «lite»
coconut milk on hand but decided to give the recipe a try with it anyway, and it worked great.)
I had
coconut milk on hand but you could use cream of coconut as well.
and had
no coconut milk on hand for the Sunshine Sauce, but it was still great — spicy and creamy and just sweet enough.
I didn't have
any coconut milk on hand so I went a little heavier on the lime and coconut aminos and added some yellow curry powder.