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                          COCONUTS FOOD

Fresh coconut flesh provides iron, potassium, protein, and 346 calories per 3.5 ounce serving. The coconut contains saturated fat, quite unusual for fruits and vegetables. Dessicated coconut contains about 60 to 70% coconut oil. Some people think that coconuts are very healthy to eat and others think they are bad.

RECIPES - Burfis  

Burfi is prepared during festivals in Indian homes. They are famous all over India. Here are some of the many Indian dishes. 

Coconut Burfi  

250 gms. finely grated coconut, 250 gms. sugar, 150 ml. water, ghee for greasing plate

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Prepare syrup with sugar and water to 2-3 thread consistency. Warm coconut in heavy saucepan, pour in the syrup. Stir well and cook till soft lump forms. Spread in a greased plate. Cool. Sprinkle cardamom powder (optional). Cut into squares, store in airtight container.

Milk and Coconut Burfi  

Finely grated coconut - 3/4 cup, 1 litre milk, 1 cup sugar chopped nuts for topping (pista, almonds), silver foil (optional), Pure Ghee - 3 to 4 Tblsp.

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Heat milk in a heavy Kadai till it is reduced to half its volume. Add coconut, sugar and stir till it becomes thick. Add ghee when it sticks tothe bottom. When it reaches burfi stage, the mixture turns golden and becomes frothy. Add the toppings and pour on a greased tray and cut it into squares.

RECIPES  -  Coconut Cookery

The humble coconut gets its due in this fun and fact filled cookbook Coconut Cookery. Cold Avocado Soup, Cornbread,and Fudge Balls are among the dishes that show the many uses of coconuts. With the recipes are anecdotes, history of the coconut, fun facts, and drawings. Buy at ECOOKBOOKS

 

At COOKS.COM you may read LOTS of recipes for this famous pie. They have an amazing 441 recipes for COCONUT CREAM PIE 

They give us this wisdom-

"We may live without poetry, music and art;
  We may live without conscience and live without heart;
  We may live without friends, we may live without books;
  But civilized man cannot live without cooks.

What is Coconut cream

Coconut cream is an infusion of shredded coconut and water. Coconut cream may also be made with milk to make it richer.  

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Coconut cream is very similar to coconut milk but contains less water. The difference is mainly consistency. It has a thicker, paste-like consistency, while coconut milk is generally a liquid.  

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Creamed coconut is not the same as coconut cream. Creamed coconut is a very concentrated coconut extract without the water. Like coconut oil, it is hard at low room temperature. It is basically coconut cream concentrate, and is made into coconut cream by mixing it with water, or into coconut milk by mixing it with a larger amount of water. it is available in Asian convenience stores and in the Asian sections of large supermarkets.
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Coconut cream can be made by simmering 1 part shredded coconut with one part water or milk until frothy, then straining the mixture through a cheesecloth, squeezing out as much liquid as possible; this is coconut milk. The coconut milk is refrigerated and allowed to set. Coconut cream is the thick non-liquid part that separates and rises to the top of coconut milk.
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Coconut cream is high in healthy medium chain fatty acids and is very rich in flavor.
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Coconut cream is used in Piña Coladas, and its nonalcoholic variant Virgin Piña Coladas, and Bangladeshi cooks often add coconut cream

to rice to give it some flavor.

 

RECIPES  -   Dishes with coconut milk

 

Red-curry from the Mediterrasian.com - Explore the wonderful and healthy cuisines of the Mediterranean and Asia.

Massaman-curry from the Thai table.com - the leading Thai food website where you can learn to cook real and authentic Thai food.

Southeast-Asian-Tapioca-Pudding from the Knowingfood.com - food facts with quite a few facts that you may not already know.

 

Beef Satay with Peanut Dipping Sauce  from the Anthony road wine.com - who make an array of wine, from dry to dessert.

Haupia (gelatin-like pudding made with coconut milk)  from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin by famous chef Betty Shimabukuro

LADD the squirrel sure does LOVE coconuts. He will eat all the coconuts people will  leave out for him, or that he finds on trees or on the ground.   Beware, that LADD doesn't get into any of your coconut palm trees.

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