Fresh coconut

[Lochina]

I have two fresh coconuts from my veggie coop sitting in my fridge, and I have no idea what to do with them. Any ideas/recipes? Thanks!

[Gifted Gourmet]

a million great ideas for your fresh coconut ...

[DerekW]

If the only coconuts you've opened up until now are the usual dark brown husked ones, then you're probably in for a bit of a surprise when you get inside the fresh ones. What we think of as the 'flesh' of the coconut, the white fibrous 'meat' will be missing. Instead, you will have a full coconut of tasty drinkable 'milk', and a thin layer of somewhat slippery flesh which can be peeled out of the shell using a spoon.

Be prepared to catch the milk - open the coconut over a clean bowl. At this point my mind starts to drift off in the direction of drinks involving rum. The flesh, meanwhile gets snacked on, as is. Sometimes it gets added to 'Thai' pomelo salad I do using lots of crispy shallots and garlic with a coconut and chilli sauce and some shredded chicken.

cheers

Derek

[godito]

If the only coconuts you've opened up until now are the usual dark brown husked ones, then you're probably in for a bit of a surprise when you get inside the fresh ones. What we think of as the 'flesh' of the coconut, the white fibrous 'meat' will be missing. Instead, you will have a full coconut of tasty drinkable 'milk', and a thin layer of somewhat slippery flesh which can be peeled out of the shell using a spoon.

Be prepared to catch the milk - open the coconut over a clean bowl. At this point my mind  starts to drift off in the direction of drinks involving rum. The flesh, meanwhile gets snacked on, as is. Sometimes it gets added to 'Thai' pomelo salad I do using lots of crispy shallots and garlic with a coconut and chilli sauce and some shredded chicken.

cheers

Derek

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yeah yeah... what Derek said

these coconuts are great because you, potentially, get two "milks" The first is the coconut water that drips as you first open it. The second i made through processing the flesh (the one you scrape out with a spoon).

A favorite ecuadorian dish in the "encocado", from the northern coastal regionm of Esmeraldas. Basically shrimp cooked in the second coconut milg (with aromatics and a sofrito)... when done, you add the first coconut water an cilantro, for added freshness.

Sooooo good

[Lochina]

Hmmm...I didn't mean a green coconut, I did mean the brown-husked hairy one. It's still fresh, though, isn't it?

[PAYAL SHARMA]

I have two fresh coconuts from my veggie coop sitting in my fridge, and I have no idea what to do with them. Any ideas/recipes? Thanks!

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You can make coconut chutney with cilantro ginger and garlic . Use it as a dipping sauce or like we have it India with savory pancake topped with veggies. That's called Uttapam.

It's South Indian food. Add a little yogurt as you are blending the chutney.