Hi Petra, so happy to see you back on this platform again. I have really missed your videos. So I am from Southern India and coconuts play an extremely important role in our diet and spiritual life as well. Back home, we would just bash the coconut on a stone or even the edges of a step in the back yard to get it open. Now here in the US, it had become really tough to find a way to open them especially around festival days when we have to use fresh coconut. The method you showed is exactly how skilled coconut sellers and farmers used to open them. Will have it to give this method a try with the soaking step. Now if you have some tips to open up the whole coconut with the green husk and all that would be something 😉
Thank you so much! I do remember you from the comments!! I have gotten quite a few requests to show how to open a young coconut, which I am going to do. However, I have never seen a coconut with the green husk still on in the stores (at least here in Canada). It's typically already removed, so it's just the white husk.
@@NutritionRefined aah that’s so sweet. I honestly have not seen the coconuts with the full husk on here in any store as well except in Hawaii. If I ever do get my hands on it, I wanted to learn to open one to get to the tender coconut meat inside. I miss eating that.
In my island, we have a Legend about the coconut. So in the legend, a coconut is the head of an eel that fell in love with a princess. Before it died, it told the princes to cut off its head and bury it near her Palace.. if she does it , a tree will grow and it will be used as means for survival. Anyway, the fruit o f the tree will be for food and drink. So the coconut is liken to the eel's head that was cut out and buried. The three dots are the two eyes and the mouth. It is the mouth that we can open and drink the juice.
My daddy had taught me how to crack a coconut open in the middle just the way you've done it!!! The other method was what I was searching for!! Thank you very much for showing us this easy method!!
This video is PERFECT! I recently bought a coconut and this morning my daughter asked if we could open it. I looked up a tutorial and immediately found this video. I did what you said and it worked perfectly. Only thing is we now know my little girl does not like coconuts, lol. Thanks for the tutorial.
To speed up the draining of the water by 5x, I stick a stwaw through the hole (all the wat to the back wall) and all the liquid drains in one 5th of the time. This is useful if your main objective is to collect coconut water to co sume cold or as a mixer for alcoholic drinks.
There is another easy way too. Just peal it well and heat it a bit on the gas stove from all sides (30-60 secs) and then hit on the main shell lines. It will break easily in just 4-5 hits
If coconut is very matured and dry well with this method you can peel the shell without breaking the coconut white but if the coconut is not very matured it’s difficult to peel that way. I am telling you this because I did coconut business for years.
OMG this is probably one of the best instruction videos out there. We didn’t know how to open the coconuts we bought from the market so I searched for a guide and followed, it worked exactly like you said, it was so cool
Thanks for sharing this video. I tried using a good quality cleaver in the same fashion you used the knife and it cracked it open with a couple of hits . It’s much faster that way and it does not brake the coconut. Very clean cut.
Be very careful doing that with a knife; they're not made to endure such impact. Lots of knife accidents also occur through the handle slipping out of the hand, so be very aware of this before attempting this method.
Mature (old) coconuts are (best for cream/milk/yogurt ect..) very high in fat. Young ones will have (soft jelly meat) younger they are they lower fat/softer jelly and more water. However they all vary, most we get here in Australia are 300 - 500ml, but in Indonesia, Thailand, Bali some are 1000 - 1500ml of water per young coconut. Nice video
Thank You 😊 Opening COCONUT 🥥 in my country was very easy. However, it seems to have gotten a bit more venturous. So I am delighted in the info given. Yes the both ways, again thanks 😊
She probably does drain it since both coconut meat steps come after the drainage step and she doesnt mention anything differently. Also if you have frozen coconut water inside the coconut meat it could complicate using the meat afterwards since you wouldnt know where the water is frozen or how much of it there is. It would also make the entire coconut heavier to handle since it would be the weight of the frozen meat plus frozen coconut water. Im not Petra but I do believe that she probably drained the frozen example as well! Cheers.
WOW! Thank you, sure wish I knew about freezing it so that could have placed it in the freezer last night for my Coconut Curry today! THANK YOU, VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION!
It worked! Was finally able to open this coconut. It did take a few tries. Definitely helps to wet your coconut. Then crack it along its equator. I only had a lightweight cleaver (but wished I had a heftier one). Nevertheless, still worked. Good luck all! Worth it for a delicious treat.
awesome. recently i saw a different video where someone told to heat the already split coconut halfs for 15 minutes in an oven, in order to separate the shell from the meat. but i'd prefer to use the freezing method, because i think it might keep the meat more native than heating it up. But one question: After freezing, can i immediately start to crack it with the knife, or should the coconut be defrosted before?
Thank you. I didn't know that the whole thing comes out cleanly if you freeze a coconut. I'm used to banging on it with a heavy cleaver a few times until it cuts in half.
You can open a coconut easily in just a few seconds if you skip laying the coconut in water. Instead just draw a waterline with water on your finger over the coconut’s equator before you hit the equator with a hammer or the dull side of a heavy knife. 🥥🥥🔨🧉🌴 Good luck!
This is so cool! Before freezing it, would it help much to score it along the equater, the way people do with glass before cleanly breaking it? Would it maybe take fewer hits that way?
How long do you soak the coconut in water before cracking it open? If I were to freeze the coconut before cracking it open then how long should I freeze it for. I might use your technique so that’s why I’m asking.
@@NutritionRefined when soaking the coconut in water for a couple of minutes that will make it easier to crack it open as you’re hitting it with the back part of the knife right?
Thanks for this video, super helpful. I managed to open my frozen coconut but it didn’t come out as a ball (like shown in the video). I wonder what I did wrong 😂 Also, it took me a while to crack it open although it was a small coconut. How long does it typically take in average?
I've always been curious on how to open a coconut and how to remove that brown hairy layer 😅 also, i didn't know they had that much water in then. Thanks for the video!
Now I want to rush out and buy a coconut and drain it and throw it in the freezer. That is so cool. You do drain it before putting in the freezer? Soak before freezing as well?
A great question. I do drain the water first, but you don't have to. You can just scrape the frozen coconut water once the coconut shell breaks. Also, no need to soak the coconut if you freeze it.
The coconut you opened the second way is an old coconut. Fresh coconuts do not separate from the shell like that. I am from a coconut growing family and I could tell you that for sure. The coconuts that you get in the city stores are all old coconuts and many of them have gone bad already. Those old coconuts could be opened like the way you have shown, but they will smell oily or have rotten inside.
I already drained it and I was preparing to start hitting it with a hammer, caveman style, and thought "there has to be a better way.." Tried the knife method and it split open with just a few hard taps! Thank you!!
i love to drain the water into a dish. then peel the brown off after deshelling. then cut the nut into small peices letting them soak in the nut water as you eat them. theyl keep a day or more in the fridge better after theve soaked longer. tip its better to use a drill to drill hols instead of pushing a screwdriver in. using the scredriver bushes all the brown crumbly bits into the water
I would leave the coconut in a hot environment ( eg on top of gas heater or radiator) for a few hours and that makes the whole process cracking and removing easy.
This is a real _"WOW!"_ moment for me. I'd never have thought to freeze one before cracking it open 8-))... Though, how long does the white of the coconut last after you've cracked one open and does freezing it affect the coconut whites texture?
Recalling the days when we had to peel and grate the old coconut flesh before squeezing the milk out of it. Laborious task. Nowadays we can just buy coconut milk in a carton box. So convenient.
When you remove the coconut from the freezer do you wait for it to warm up before cracking it open? when I removed mine from the freezer and cracked it open the meat stuck firmly to the shell.
In my state of Kerala, India, we have industries from traditional to the very modern. The traditionals have all given up due communists policy of eating the cake and having it too. The modern industries, most of which are outside the state ownerships are reaping the benefits. Well those are beside the points. The people here break coconuts with one or two strokes of a heavy knife (mostly made of out of cast iron and looks quiet dirty black because of use). But the freezing part is something I would like to experiment. Thanks for the info though
@@NutritionRefined Wow. Thank you. I watch almost all of your videos, but don't always comment. Really good important useful stuff. I like to check in, and see you are OK, and hear your lovely voice. I know a lot but I always learn something new. God bless.
My family and I just opened a coconut using this method and all the children cheered. Great video!
Aw, that's wonderful!❤️
Hi Petra, so happy to see you back on this platform again. I have really missed your videos. So I am from Southern India and coconuts play an extremely important role in our diet and spiritual life as well. Back home, we would just bash the coconut on a stone or even the edges of a step in the back yard to get it open. Now here in the US, it had become really tough to find a way to open them especially around festival days when we have to use fresh coconut. The method you showed is exactly how skilled coconut sellers and farmers used to open them. Will have it to give this method a try with the soaking step. Now if you have some tips to open up the whole coconut with the green husk and all that would be something 😉
Thank you so much! I do remember you from the comments!! I have gotten quite a few requests to show how to open a young coconut, which I am going to do. However, I have never seen a coconut with the green husk still on in the stores (at least here in Canada). It's typically already removed, so it's just the white husk.
@@NutritionRefined aah that’s so sweet. I honestly have not seen the coconuts with the full husk on here in any store as well except in Hawaii. If I ever do get my hands on it, I wanted to learn to open one to get to the tender coconut meat inside. I miss eating that.
Hello from India 🇮🇳
lol make 2 holes dude! that's the most basic thing with coconuts!
In my island, we have a Legend about the coconut. So in the legend, a coconut is the head of an eel that fell in love with a princess. Before it died, it told the princes to cut off its head and bury it near her Palace.. if she does it , a tree will grow and it will be used as means for survival. Anyway, the fruit o f the tree will be for food and drink. So the coconut is liken to the eel's head that was cut out and buried. The three dots are the two eyes and the mouth. It is the mouth that we can open and drink the juice.
OMG!
How sweet. Loved this story. Will always remember this
My daddy had taught me how to crack a coconut open in the middle just the way you've done it!!! The other method was what I was searching for!! Thank you very much for showing us this easy method!!
This was a big treat when we were kids and Dad brought home a coconut! Still live fresh coconut and the milk!
Formidable 😮!
Thank you 🙏 for the informative video. ❤❤😊
This video is PERFECT! I recently bought a coconut and this morning my daughter asked if we could open it. I looked up a tutorial and immediately found this video. I did what you said and it worked perfectly. Only thing is we now know my little girl does not like coconuts, lol. Thanks for the tutorial.
It's an acquired taste, later on she's going to love it.
To speed up the draining of the water by 5x, I stick a stwaw through the hole (all the wat to the back wall) and all the liquid drains in one 5th of the time. This is useful if your main objective is to collect coconut water to co sume cold or as a mixer for alcoholic drinks.
I have used the straw method for a few years after experimenting. It works great. It drains in half the time.
There is another easy way too. Just peal it well and heat it a bit on the gas stove from all sides (30-60 secs) and then hit on the main shell lines. It will break easily in just 4-5 hits
If coconut is very matured and dry well with this method you can peel the shell without breaking the coconut white but if the coconut is not very matured it’s difficult to peel that way. I am telling you this because I did coconut business for years.
Thank you for sharing with us!
True..its easier with a hammer or slamming it on concrete...and now the grocery is making it easier by packaging it lol
After taking out coconut water...just heat the coconut along with hard surface and then gently hammer at equator whole white will come out....
Did not know it was THAT easy to open a coconut until watching your video. Thanks so much!
Yes, it really is! And you're very welcome :)
Other videots from havaian show is about smash it in the middle of eyes. one hit is enough
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OMG this is probably one of the best instruction videos out there. We didn’t know how to open the coconuts we bought from the market so I searched for a guide and followed, it worked exactly like you said, it was so cool
Wonderful! :)
Thanks for sharing this video. I tried using a good quality cleaver in the same fashion you used the knife and it cracked it open with a couple of hits . It’s much faster that way and it does not brake the coconut. Very clean cut.
Thank you so much! I seldom buy coconuts simply because I never knew a way to get them open without throwing them down on the patio! Lol!
Haha, you made me laugh :-D I have actually seen someone throw coconuts on a concrete driveway, and they did crack open ;)
SAME
Ouch!
You & me both! 😂 this video really helped allot! Thank you! 😊
Hammer 🔨 and a nail to drip the water 💧
Be very careful doing that with a knife; they're not made to endure such impact. Lots of knife accidents also occur through the handle slipping out of the hand, so be very aware of this before attempting this method.
Thank you! This is the smartest video on how to easily open a coconut, extract the juice and remove the coconut from its shelf.💐
Mature (old) coconuts are (best for cream/milk/yogurt ect..) very high in fat. Young ones will have (soft jelly meat) younger they are they lower fat/softer jelly and more water. However they all vary, most we get here in Australia are 300 - 500ml, but in Indonesia, Thailand, Bali some are 1000 - 1500ml of water per young coconut. Nice video
Thank You 😊
Opening COCONUT 🥥 in my country was very easy. However, it seems to have gotten a bit more venturous. So I am delighted in the info given. Yes the both ways, again thanks 😊
Thank you so much!
For the frozen coconut - do you extract the coconut water first like you did with the non-frozen one?
One of the most important question here and no one can answer it. Looking for the answer as well. :)
you remove the water before freezing
She probably does drain it since both coconut meat steps come after the drainage step and she doesnt mention anything differently. Also if you have frozen coconut water inside the coconut meat it could complicate using the meat afterwards since you wouldnt know where the water is frozen or how much of it there is. It would also make the entire coconut heavier to handle since it would be the weight of the frozen meat plus frozen coconut water.
Im not Petra but I do believe that she probably drained the frozen example as well!
Cheers.
Drain it first
Seems she did drip it out first, as no evidence of frozen water or any post drip.
However could you try it both ways and let me know?
Thanks for this vid, I was making an absolute mess in my kitchen trying to do it my way. Finally gave in and found your vid, easy peesy❤👍👏👌
WOW! Thank you, sure wish I knew about freezing it so that could have placed it in the freezer last night for my Coconut Curry today! THANK YOU, VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION!
This was totally awesome!!!! I can remember my mom using a hammer to open them when I was young! I can’t wait to try this!
My Dad did this with a sledgehammer in the driveway. It was my job to collect all the pieces 😂
Wow I never knew it could be so easy!! Thank you ✨
You are very welcome, Tammy :)
Yeah I tried to open it with an ax and it didn't work
Ditto!
Thank you so much for this amazing video! Please clarify if you soaked the coconut before freezing. Thanks ❤
It worked! Was finally able to open this coconut. It did take a few tries. Definitely helps to wet your coconut. Then crack it along its equator. I only had a lightweight cleaver (but wished I had a heftier one). Nevertheless, still worked. Good luck all! Worth it for a delicious treat.
I love the freezing tip. Looks so easy.
But does it retain the taste and flavor?
@@HumanBeingSpawn I'm curious about the texture as most foods texture change once frozen. It may not matter if you make cream since it juiced.
For the technique of freezing the coconut first, do you need to drain the water before placing it in the freezer? TIA
This information is great. Also, thanks for the other comments in other ways to "get at" the coconut meat.
Trying this today with my kids who will love to try a fresh coconut!
Wow, Wow, Wow thank you for sharing, I haven't bought coconut for years due to the lack of knowledge as to how to crack this nut!♥
Awesome! I am glad the video was helpful then ;)
Hammer 🔨 and nail to drip the water 💧
That's totally cool. I might venture out and buy one to try your technique.
Watching from Monrovia, Liberia! Learned something new today. Thank you so much.
awesome. recently i saw a different video where someone told to heat the already split coconut halfs for 15 minutes in an oven, in order to separate the shell from the meat. but i'd prefer to use the freezing method, because i think it might keep the meat more native than heating it up.
But one question: After freezing, can i immediately start to crack it with the knife, or should the coconut be defrosted before?
Thank you for this tip. You've made breaking open a coconut so easy!
Hi, do you drain the coconut before freezing it whole? Or leave the coconut water inside? Thanks
Happy you are back, love the amazing videos :D
Thank you so much, Maurice!❤️
Thank you for this! I'm partly Indian and make a number of dishes with coconut, it's always an issue for me since I'm mostly the one doing it.
Thank you. I didn't know that the whole thing comes out cleanly if you freeze a coconut. I'm used to banging on it with a heavy cleaver a few times until it cuts in half.
Wow, you make it look so easy. I will have to practice a lot to get as good as you. Thank you for these coconut opening tips.. 🥰😊🥰
Haha, thank you, Jo! It really is easy ;)
You can open a coconut easily in just a few seconds if you skip laying the coconut in water. Instead just draw a waterline with water on your finger over the coconut’s equator before you hit the equator with a hammer or the dull side of a heavy knife. 🥥🥥🔨🧉🌴 Good luck!
Hammer 🔨 and nail to drip the water 💧
Great Video! - Thanks! - What is the minimum amount of time you suggest keeping the coconut in the fridge for?
Hello, you are great! Tell me, should I first drain the liquid from the coconut if I want to freeze it to clean it completely?
Very helpful video! How long did you freeze the coconut before cracking it open?
This is so cool! Before freezing it, would it help much to score it along the equater, the way people do with glass before cleanly breaking it? Would it maybe take fewer hits that way?
Drain coconut water first then freeze. Objective is to separate shell from the white meat's brown membrane soft shell to peel like a potato.
Thank you very much! You made it so simple and easy to understand. God bless
You're very welcome!
How long do you soak the coconut in water before cracking it open? If I were to freeze the coconut before cracking it open then how long should I freeze it for. I might use your technique so that’s why I’m asking.
Honestly, soaking the coconut for even a couple of minutes would be totally fine. I typically freeze the coconut overnight.
@@NutritionRefined when soaking the coconut in water for a couple of minutes that will make it easier to crack it open as you’re hitting it with the back part of the knife right?
Thanks for this video, super helpful. I managed to open my frozen coconut but it didn’t come out as a ball (like shown in the video). I wonder what I did wrong 😂
Also, it took me a while to crack it open although it was a small coconut. How long does it typically take in average?
Thank you for this increadable tip.
Regards from South Africa
Thanks Petra, this is brilliant. I managed so far... somehow, but only in pieces
Thank you Klara!
Nice tips of opening the whole coconut 🥥👌👍
Thank you!!
I've always been curious on how to open a coconut and how to remove that brown hairy layer 😅 also, i didn't know they had that much water in then. Thanks for the video!
Очень круто!Век живи-век учись.Спасибо
Now I want to rush out and buy a coconut and drain it and throw it in the freezer. That is so cool. You do drain it before putting in the freezer? Soak before freezing as well?
A great question. I do drain the water first, but you don't have to. You can just scrape the frozen coconut water once the coconut shell breaks. Also, no need to soak the coconut if you freeze it.
The coconut you opened the second way is an old coconut. Fresh coconuts do not separate from the shell like that. I am from a coconut growing family and I could tell you that for sure. The coconuts that you get in the city stores are all old coconuts and many of them have gone bad already. Those old coconuts could be opened like the way you have shown, but they will smell oily or have rotten inside.
I already drained it and I was preparing to start hitting it with a hammer, caveman style, and thought "there has to be a better way.." Tried the knife method and it split open with just a few hard taps! Thank you!!
i love to drain the water into a dish. then peel the brown off after deshelling. then cut the nut into small peices letting them soak in the nut water as you eat them. theyl keep a day or more in the fridge better after theve soaked longer. tip its better to use a drill to drill hols instead of pushing a screwdriver in. using the scredriver bushes all the brown crumbly bits into the water
Amazing and thanks for the tip how to get the water
Great video! Super easy with common household items.
Wow!! Freezing the coconut! Want to try that! Thank you!!
Thank you for watching :)
Hammer 🔨 and nail to drip the water 💧
Simply hit on hard surface or stone it opens
I'll have to try this out, you've made it look so easy!
Thank you for the demonstration.
Thank you for watching, Lynn!❤️
awesome thanks, this channel should be called nutrition engineer , you are awesome
Aw, thank you so much!!
Very cool. And I have to say, your voice is lovely.
It looks easy by freezing it, but do you still wet the outter shell before freezing? I would like to try this
Thank you so much, very useful, ❤️🌹love from India.
I would leave the coconut in a hot environment ( eg on top of gas heater or radiator) for a few hours and that makes the whole process cracking and removing easy.
Ceramic vegetable peeler is like amazingly better than a steel one, think peeling a potato easy
This is a real _"WOW!"_ moment for me. I'd never have thought to freeze one before cracking it open 8-))...
Though, how long does the white of the coconut last after you've cracked one open and does freezing it affect the coconut whites texture?
Freezing the white meat of the coconut does not affect the taste and it can last months in the freezer, store in a ziplock freezer bag.
Thanks for this!! I will be trying this.
Thank you for the comment, Veronica! I am glad the video was helpful :)
Brilliant! Thank you!
Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video :)
Brilliant ! Thank you very much. Gotta freeze my next one 😀 .
Don’t freeze! Can’t open ours, which we froze 😫
Thanks a lot Dear ❤
V easy method .
God bless you .
Thank you!!
Wow that's much quicker thanks for sharing.
You're very welcome, Olga :)
If you don't have a skewer to pierce the eye to drain it, a wine corkscrew also works 👍
Pretty useful demo...
Thanks a lot for sharing this.
Recalling the days when we had to peel and grate the old coconut flesh before squeezing the milk out of it. Laborious task. Nowadays we can just buy coconut milk in a carton box. So convenient.
Very true!
Hello from India 🇮🇳
Freezing it first is the best tip!
It works!! Thank you.
Cooool! Thank you very much for showing us this!!!😄🌼🌻🐈👋
You are very welcome, Yakisha!❤️
@@NutritionRefined thanks😌....
SCRACO electric coconut scraper, a unique product which comes with a coconut holder.
Admire your skill n your patience! Buy n crack open the coconut myself? Nah....get it done at the market stall..my experienced guy😂
Lol
How long did you freeze the coconut before you cracked it open?
Mine still stuck to the shell.
Worked like a charm. 😊 Thx ❤
Wow, that's brilliant! How about Brazil nuts?
Wow, that was actually really easy. I kind of assumed that you were just mega strong but no, it worked exactly as you said it would. o.o
Yay! Glad to hear :)
When you remove the coconut from the freezer do you wait for it to warm up before cracking it open? when I removed mine from the freezer and cracked it open the meat stuck firmly to the shell.
let it rest for about 30 min
I will try the freezing technique and see how it goes
Idea 2 is great but you can easily break coconut with perfect half by hitting any one of horizontal line in any solid edge
Love this video. Now I can eat more coconut! Thank you!
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed the video.
That's a very nice cutting board
Thanks!
In my state of Kerala, India, we have industries from traditional to the very modern. The traditionals have all given up due communists policy of eating the cake and having it too. The modern industries, most of which are outside the state ownerships are reaping the benefits.
Well those are beside the points. The people here break coconuts with one or two strokes of a heavy knife (mostly made of out of cast iron and looks quiet dirty black because of use). But the freezing part is something I would like to experiment. Thanks for the info though
Fantastic idea! Thank you.
Thank you, Colin! I am so glad to see you in the comments :)
@@NutritionRefined Wow. Thank you. I watch almost all of your videos, but don't always comment. Really good important useful stuff. I like to check in, and see you are OK, and hear your lovely voice. I know a lot but I always learn something new. God bless.
@@colinkelley6493 Thank you, Colin! That means a lot. I am always happy to hear from you :)
Was the coconut empty or full when frozen???
How do you get rid of the thick green outer cover that it has on before it gets to the store?
How long should it stay in the freezer? ❤
For how long coconut will have to keep in the freezer?
That’s a Strong Gal 😮
Wow! Looks so easy
It really is easy ;)
Ok I see now this video isn't on this channel,I'm happy it's sorted 👍❤️