You won't surprise a modern person much. This is especially true of exotic fruits. On the shelves of the supermarket you can find any curiosity brought from anywhere in the world. Coconuts have long ceased to be something unusual and rare. Have you ever thought about their benefits? In fact, coconut is rich in nutrients, it contains vitamins B and C, glucose, sucrose, fructose, calcium, iron, potassium, sodium and mineral salts. Coconut has regenerative properties. It is used to treat diarrhea, cholera, impotence, vitamin deficiency, diseases of the genitourinary system and kidney stones. Coconut helps improve vision, controls blood sugar, improves insulin secretion, and this helps prevent diabetes.
How to chop coconut at home
So, knowing all the usefulness of this product, you decided to purchase a nut. However, immediately after the purchase, the question arises - how to split the coconut, because it has such a dense peel. Many try to open it with a hammer, knife, file and other improvised means available on the farm. Probably, many saw on TV how skillfully the inhabitants of hot countries are able to open coconuts. However, you still can not cope with the shell and get to the filling. So, how to chop coconut at home.
As you know, in coconut, in addition to pulp, contains useful coconut milk. Therefore, the first thing to start is to extract liquid from it so that it does not spill when the fetus opens. To do this, make a hole in the coconut. To do this, take some sharp object - a drill or a thick nail. Lay the coconut on a hard surface by turning it toward you in three dark circles. It is in them that you need to aim in order to make a hole, since they are the most tender areas of an exotic nut. Attach the tool to one of the spots and beat it with a hammer. Without much work, you get a hole in the coconut. You can make two more holes in the remaining sections, or you can drain the milk through the hole already received.
How to chop coconut at home after the liquid is drained? It turns out that discovering this exotic fruit is not such a difficult task. You only need to know the right technology. There is one secret line on the coconut. If you hit it, then the coconut will quickly and easily crack. This line is from the side of the dark eyes. It is she who will help us open the coconut.
The photo shows in which part this treasured line is located. Now take a knife or hammer. Tapping the tool along a given line in a circle, you will notice how the crack will go along the coconut.
So, how to chop coconut at home, you already know. Now the last step remains - to separate the peel from the pulp. This is much easier if you put the coconut for several hours in the refrigerator or for a couple of minutes in a hot oven. After these simple manipulations, the pulp easily peels off the skin.
Now you just have to choose a recipe for cooking using delicious and healthy coconut pulp!