Monday 22 September 2008

How to make coconut water


Coconuts
Originally uploaded by Eun Leanan

The liquid that comes out of a fresh coconut is NOT the same as coconut milk.
This liquid is coconut water .
The coconuts supplied in may non-coconut-growing countries often have little or no liquid inside. The fresher the coconut, the more juice it will have.
Coconut milk is a liquid extraction from grated coconut flesh. If you don't want to use a can, you can make coconut milk at home.
How To Make Coconut Milk
You will need:

8oz of unsweetened desiccated coconut
¾ pint boiling water
-- Put the coconut in a mixing bowl.
-- Pour the water over the coconut and mix it briefly.
-- Leave it to stand for about 20 minutes.
-- After 20 minutes, drain the water into a fresh bowl through a sieve or piece of linen (or even a very clean tea towel). you might prefer to get hands-on about this and just compress the water out of the coconut with your hands.
-- Squeeze the coconut as well as possible - it ought to be almost dry by the time you have finished.
-- The liquid you have left behind after you have squeezed the coconut is the milk - and you can use it in your coconut milk recipe as a replacement for the tinned version.
-- It will stay fresh in the fridge for a day or two if you keep it in a sealed container or cover it with cling film.

The beautiful photo is from flickr

3 comments:

wanna said...

Anything you can do with the 'used' coconut (used in making coconut milk)? I.e., is it good for ANYthing?

Meggin said...

Oh yes! Put it in the oven at 200*F until dry. Grind it up in a food processor and you have coconut flour! Voila!! :)

Meggin said...

Oh yes! Put it in the oven at 200*F until dry. Grind it up in a food processor and you have coconut flour! Voila!! :)