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Grated Fresh Coconut

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 4 cups

Ingredients

1 large coconut without any cracks and containing liquid

Preparation

  1. Pierce the softest eye of the coconut with an ice pick or a skewer, drain the liquid, and reserve it for another use. Bake the coconut in a preheated 400°F. oven for 15 minutes, break it with a hammer, and remove the flesh from the shell, levering it out carefully with the point of a strong knife. Peel off the brown membrane with a vegetable peeler and cut the coconut meat into small pieces. In a blender or food processor grind the coconut meat in batches, transferring it to a bowl as it is ground, or grate it on the fine side of a grater.

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