Every part of the coconut plant has its value to us human beings...
Drinking water - Fresh coconut water is a popular cooling drink in tropical countries. It contains natural sugar, vitamins and minerals.
Isotonic sports beverages - Processed coconut water is usually canned or bottled as isotonic drink, suitable in replacing fluid and minerals lost from sports activities.
Edible flesh - The white flesh inside the young coconut fruit can be eaten fresh or cooked.
Coconut milk - Coconut milk can be produced by pressing the mixture of grated white flesh of an old coconut fruit and hot water. Coconut milk, a culinary alternative to dairy product, is widely used in Southeast Asian and Indian cooking as well as in making delicious desserts.
Livestock feed - The waste or fiber from the coconut milk production are usually mixed with other types of grains like oats and wheat to produce livestock feed, normally for chicken.
Cooking oil - Cooking oil produced from copra (dried coconut flesh) has been used for thousands of years by some parts of the world's population.
Sweet palm wine - The young flowering clusters of coconut plant produces sap. This sap is collected and fermented to produce sweet palm wine also known as “toddy” in India or “tuak” in some parts of Southeast Asia.
Nectar drink - The sap extracted from the flower bud of the coconut can be processed to become a type of nectar beverage known as “nira” in the East Coast of Malaysia. The fermentation process is similar as in producing the palm wine, however the process stops one level before it becomes the alcoholic drink. The non-alcoholic beverage is believed to be a good source of energy.
Palm sugar or “Malacca sugar” - The sap extracted from the flower bud of the coconut plant can also be boiled to produce sweet, dark syrup. Traditionally, in the Malay culture, the syrup is poured into bamboo containers and left to become hard sugar blocks. Palm sugar is widely used in making desserts, cakes, candies and in some savory dishes.
Nata de coco - Nata de coco is a type of jelly-like dessert produced using coconut. Nowadays you can find many different flavors of nata de coco, for example strawberry, melon, mango and so on. However, the basic ingredient in producing it remains the same, i.e. using coconut.
i love my coconut in the form of pina colada...:P~
#2 by guz, Jul 10, 2007
I heard that coconut water can also be used for IV drip. Does anyone know if this can be done?
#3 by denguevictim, Sep 7, 2007
i heard that coconut water is good remedy for chicken pox and measles. well at least coconut is the freshest drink ever cause coconut trees are hardly polluted by pesticides as it is only planted on sandy soil.
#4 by menara gal, Sep 13, 2007
write more abt other uses of some popular tropical fruits will ya
#5 by mariz choo, Sep 21, 2007
write more abt the uses
#6 by chew xuan qi, Sep 21, 2007
coconut can heat people?
#7 by Rachel & Tammy, Sep 22, 2007
thanks 4 ur dictionary
#8 by N.Muthukkannan, Apr 26, 2008
Respected sir / Madam
I muthukkannan from india,tamilnadu, i am working in the field of agriculture , i would like to know the procedure for prepare nata de coco from coconut water
