How to open a coconut - cooking tutorial
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2011
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Opening a coconut is not a mission impossible... essential are a hammer, a screwdriver and a corkscrew! Let's see how to do on the cooking tutorial by Yellowsaffron.
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Opening a coconut is not a mission impossible, essential for being able to taste a bit of summer is a hammer, a screwdriver and a corkscrew.
Let's see how to do.
To tell if a coconut is good, weigh it in your hand and shake, if it's fresh you'll hear the sound of water inside.
Pierce the eyes on top of the coconut with a sharp object, a corkscrew for example.
If you can't make a hole, try with a screwdriver and a hammer.
Take a glass and pour in the water coming out of the coconut.
To use it as a drink, strain it first.
Hit the coconut hard with a hammer to crack it open, repeat the operation to reduce the shell into smaller pieces.
Use the knife as a lever to separate the meat from the shell. Wash the coconut and taste it. To store it for a few days, cover with its own water and keep in the fridge.
To make shredded coconut or coconut milk, scrape away the thin dark skin with a vegetable peeler.
Grate the meat.
Put in a bowl and cover with boiling water, mix well and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.
Strain the meat through a cheesecloth to extract the coconut milk, that you can use to flavor cakes, ice creams and exotic dishes. - Навчання та стиль
Excellent! Just have one more thing to add: prior to extracting the milk, I suggest grinding it up with the help of a mixer (using warm water or milk) to reduce the flesh into a shake / smoothie. One can then pass it through a white and clean cotton cloth so as the pure thick milk comes. It's much more flavourous and tastes wonderfully like a tropical coconut.
I can't believe the correct way to open a coconut is to be a maniac with a sledgehammer.
Hello, nice video. I have made an observation concerning coconuts which I would like to talk about and is concerning the "eyes"; you can see that everytime, one of the eyes of the coconut is easy to take off, even with a soft piece. To be more exact, it is the higher most eye of the three, as you are holding the coconut straight up wards. So, even with a kitchen knife you can take off parts of the hole, and empty the milk of the coconut from that single hole, or even put a straw in and start drinking immediately - there should be no need for a screwdriver or such, greets :)
Dimosthenis Stogios Thank you for the suggestion! :)
I wonder if it would be possible to take out the coconut water with that only 1 hole because there's no other way for the air to get inside
Here's the secret to opening Coconuts that many who have not grown up with them don't know.
The idea is to fully crack the shell with one blow, anymore then that cause the meat to stick to the interior. In the island a nice smooth rock and experience help with locating the soft spot. Hope this helps...
Thanks - that was a great demonstration/tutorial - just what I needed.
Interesting way of opening and grating a coconut. Very different and yet unique… I LIKE IT.
Thanks very much, that was very helpful.
I love the simplicity of this video, and the accent didn't hurt either
considering your technics... im impressed you finished filming this without missing fingers!
So much useful information in just 1:46! Excellent!
thank you.very good advice =)
Nice symmetrical split down the center, just using a hammer Sonia!
Thank you yellowsaffron, very cool!
Great teaching us how to open coconut ..Now i can open easily and my own hands the coconut ..Thanks for this video .
My apartment building has 4 floors: basement, ground, 1st and 2nd. Up the middle of the building is a lightwell with windows all around. I live on the 1st floor, so to open my coconut after emptying it, I tied it in a bag and dropped it out a window to the basement floor.
Your idea is so much better. I'll be sure to try it next time!
Cool, thanks for the clear instruction.
Oh my gosh...I laughed so hard at your comment that I couldn't watch the video!
Very useful video, thank you.
thank you so much for this video.. you are awesome
Since most people keep screwdrivers in a toolbox, usually not very clean and since this is to be used on an edible food product, might I suggest that if you are going to use a screwdriver, ensure it is a clean screwdriver, preferably washed and disinfected with isopropyl alcohol or some other kitchen-utensil-safe product. As for the knife, I would not use a thin pairing knife as shown inthe video, I totally bent the tip trying to do something similar; it was a dumb move on my part. :)
Thank you!
thanks!!!
well i tried your recommendation...it works :D
A machete is also a very efficient tool for opening coconuts.
thank you so clear!
ikr one of few videos on youtube that gave me something plus something else no BS
I'm in love with the cocoanut
thx foe the info
so we didnt know this last summer, and after poking holes to get the water out, we kept trying to cut it open with a knife. it didnt work and i mumbled, it would be easier to smash it on the floor. my boyfriend thought im serious, threw the coconut on the ground, and, voilá. it worked haha
wow thanks. Perfect.
It worked for me thanks!
Beautiful!
Thank you
This could also be a lesson on how NOT to use a knife. Fortunately, you did not slice off your thumb or impale your hand. However, it's only a matter of time if you continue this practice with sharp knives. You should NEVER hold what you are cutting with a knife and use your hand as a leveraged base.
I did impale my hand pretty good with a knife following this stupid tutorial...
I cringed so hard watching all these hazardous suggestions.
Lol. I used a corkscrew to puncture it to drain the water. I had no hammer, so I wrapped it in a plastic bag, and slammed it into the floor. It cracked open. Simple. Lol.
You should not use a sharp knife like that to remove the white inside as if you slip you will stab your hand.
I just get the weeak spot on the upper side of the coconut with the blunt side of the knife,
Removing the shell on the top, Making a hole then put the juice in a glass, And contineu with the blunt side of the kitchen knife removing the shell, And it is more effective because you dont shatter the flesh, so you have beautifull 2 clean coconut half's :P
lovingmontasoccer km
I love your tutorials. thank you
You're welcome! Here you can find all the other cooking tutorials by Yellowsaffron :) ua-cam.com/play/PL5C8A0A4893694059.html
Gonna try it! :)
That looks fun Thank you
she could never make a living out of opening coconuts
nobody in the tropics opens them like that
Finitely 'll want to try this. Otherwise i unknow how in movies they pretend that it can be just turned off half ofrom half.
hi!i bought this coocnut to try make coconut flour....can i dehydrate coconut meat and make flour or i must shredd it first before dry it?i guess its better the second one as i can make coconut milk too but then how to dry it?dehydrator is hard....ohh i am confused!
You can dry the shredded coconut by placing in the oven at a very low temperature!
Thanks you
Also video! Everything you need to know. Thank you very mich
I used to know a guy from Croy (near Cumbernauld, Scotland) who got his kicks by painting hideous faces on coconuts, lobbing them at trains and buses and then running away! The young people used to call him 'Coconutman George'!
hey, I'm pretty sure if you blanch the pieces, the brown skin will fall off? Have you tried this?
THANK YOU LADY!!!! WE WERE FIGHTING THE COCONUT UNTIL I SAW YOUR VIDEO HEHEHEHEH!!!!!
Thanks😎
THANK YHU VERY MUCH :)
I now really want coconut....
great video :)
just opened up a coconut with fair ease.. I only shoved a survival knife through me thumb.
cooool! love ya :)
nicely done
:)
thats not warking :D
And I thought I was going to start watching a video from someone from Curaçao teaching us lol
wtf my coconut has moldy milk inside nooo
#metoo. bought 2. One was not fresh at all, second one was perfect.
with a vega- table peeler.
Thxa lot it was delicious
Meanwhile I'm just here using a drill
love her accent
SIR, YES, SIR!
I agree
haha.. i just 'shave-off' the coconut and put into blender with some warm water and walla, full cream coconut milk. heh. living in tropical country is a gift. :P
@wicketyboo The meat of any fruit is the part you can eat, the inside of an orange would be the meat and the red part of a watermelon would be the meat.
A very good method to extract coconut milk but the only problem is that it takes 2 days.
just keep smashing it against the wall lol
I love your accent 😊
Your little tutorial caused me to impale my hand pretty bad with a knife... thanks...
It wasn't a tutorial on how to use a knife. Lol.
if the coconut's water is brown, is not good. also there is a fastest way to open it... one of the three holes if you press it, it makes a hole easy, have your thumb pressing this hole and then hit it on a hard surface. the coconut will break much easier.
Thanks. Are you going to find a seed inside the coconut?
nope
Just got the smell of coconut .. . I swear i did !!! :O
I just use a 12lb sledge.
How much of the milk do you manage to preserve that way?
RelatedGiraffe Well you know, little to none really.
Reading these couple of comments really put a smile,on my face. Cheers!
Thank you! :)
I could listen to her a-talk all a-day-a.
Tyler Thank you for that.
I thought you'd have to avoid coconuts that have the mold on the eyes?
i opened mine by throwing it on a floor
@JDR50xx In a coconut, the white part is what we eat, or the 'meat' of the coconut.
It's much easier to just drop it on concrete so there's a small crack, and then finish opening it with a hammer.
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I can see this now...Me: mom, is dad's tool box still in the garage? Mom: I believe so, are you finally going to fix that cabinet in your bathroom? :) Me: ...no I'm opening a coconut... Mom: ..... Me: ...... (yeah i'll pass on this one)
I'd just give it to Chuck Norris and say: Open it, please
It looks WAY more violent when I'm doinf this.
BTW if you do chose the videos method, use a butter knife instead of a sharp kitchen knife
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Like the processed coconut will be tastier then the homemade one...
Tonight I'm gonna bust a coconut
Love the accent
how much meat does a whole coconut have?
Love the accent. :)
washing it? kidding me... haha
i love your accent :P
Now, why did you bother to watch or comment? If you know it, move on. There are people for whom a coconut is exotic and exciting and new. This is obviously geared towards them.
I opened mine, it literally had like five drops of water only and that’s it lol.
herr derr merr flerpty floopin
coconut water is sold commercially & expensive, it is from young not old cocos
well i liked every video u made...but this one made me laugh...not coz its bad..its bcoz im from kerala..
you sound just like the canadians in "south park"!
I can't
I stayed for the accent.
Processed costs 6 times more.
how do you open a cucumber ?
Hi Mario!