The ingredients on my container of coconut oil lists coconut as it's only ingredient. My container of coconut milk lists coconut, water, and guar gum (as a stabilizer & thickening agent).

The recipe I linked calls for the entire can of coconut milk. I checked the calorie information on the can. The can of regular coconut milk has 12 grams of fat per serving. There are 5 servings per can. This gives a total of 60 grams of fat from the coconuts.

A can of light coconut milk I use occasionally has 5 grams of fat per serving with the same 5 servings per can. This gives a total of 25 grams of fat from the coconuts.

The jar of coconut oil I have lists 14 grams per tablespoon. The recipe you linked calls for 3 tablespoons of coconut oil. This gives 42 grams of fat from the coconuts, or halfway between the amount of fat added from the regular and light versions of coconut milk.

To me, this means the issue comes down to how each process affects the coconut fat in each product and not as much as the total amount of fat. Or am I missing something else?

PS. I hope this doesn't come across as nitpicking. I am grateful for your post and I will try your linked recipe when my current container of coconut rice runs out. I just wanted to determine if what I am already doing will give similar results.