Coconut
The fruit of the coconut, or as it is called the carpenters or the narcissus of the fruit, which is famous for its hard wood, which in turn contains three circles tend to form the eyes, where this crust is broken to be eaten inside of the core of white color, along with the tasty liquid tasty And the useful that is in it also.
The nutritional value of coconut
Coconut is also an excellent source of minerals such as sodium, potassium, iron, zinc, vitamin C and vitamin B.
Coconut benefits on food
As for the benefits of various nuts, including the ability to strengthen bones, because of the amount of calcium in it, so it contributes to the grant of bone and teeth health and strength, and protects against osteoporosis, and helps the body in the process of absorption of minerals, and proves that the coconut from Antibacterials, parasites, fungus, and viruses also provide protection against diseases related to bitterness, kidneys and liver. Eating coconut in all its forms makes the person suffering from sore throat, flu, flu and diabetes.
Benefits of Coconut Aesthetic
Jozeland also has distinctive aesthetic benefits, including use as an effective moisturizer, by rubbing the skin with a few drops of coconut water before going to sleep. This will help remove the facial marks and give the skin moisturizing from the inside. After bathing, use a few drops of milk Coconut, and body wash after fifteen to twenty minutes.
From coconut you can also prepare a mask that works to get rid of dead cells, and gives your skin a bright glow, by mixing a large suspension of coconut or coconut oil with a small amount of baking soda, apply the mixture on the face for two to three minutes , And wash the face later with warm water.
Ways to Eat Coconut
In terms of ways to eat coconut, the variety of ways and methods of eating where we can extract the liquid in the inside, through the eyes without the need to break the crust, and drink it fresh, or mixed with water and the amount of spray pulp to intensify, and you can use this milk in the process of cooking, Indian cuisine is especially used for chicken and curry, and it is also from this milk that we can get the coconut cream that comes in the preparation of drinks and sweets, if it is condensed and sweetened. As well as the use of multiple coconut in the preparation of many dishes of sweets, and we chose to introduce dear reader to you a selection of recipes that enter the coconut in the preparation.
Coconut dishes
Coconut balls
Ingredients:
- Five hundred grams of grated coconut.
- A large box of condensed milk.
- Half a teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Method of preparation:
- Leave half a cup of grated coconut aside, and mix the rest of the amount with the vanilla extract and condensed condensed milk, until we get a paste with a firm consistency.
- Form the dough into small balls and immerse them in the remaining amount of coconut placed aside.
- Place the coconut balls in the refrigerator before they are served.
Coconut Cake
Ingredients:
- One teaspoon of baking powder.
- Two cups of flour.
- A glass of sugar.
- Half a teaspoon of vanilla.
- Two eggs.
- Half a cup of butter.
- A cup of fresh grated coconut.
- Two tablespoons of freshly grated coconut for decoration.
- Half a cup of liquid milk.
Method of preparation:
- Heat the oven over a hundred and sixty degrees.
- Mix in a large bowl of baking powder, flour and vanilla.
- We put both sugar and butter in the electric mixer and fail to get a cream-like texture.
- Add the eggs and milk and continue to fail.
- Sprinkle the mixture on the flour mixture and mix until we get a paste with a firm consistency.
- Add the grated coconut and mix slightly and pour the mixture into a tray and insert into the oven.
- Bake the cake for about fifty-five minutes to change its color.
- Remove the coconut cake tray from the oven and sprinkle with grated coconut.
- Leave the cake until cool, then cut it and place it on the serving plate.
Coconut tablets in the oven
Ingredients:
- Half a cup of sugar.
- an egg.
- A teaspoon of cardamom.
- Half a cup of crushed coconut.
Method of preparation:
- Beat the egg well in a bowl, add the cardamom and sugar, and mix well until they hold together.
- Add the coconut spray to the mixture and mix well until we get a paste with a firm consistency.
- Make small balls of dough, press them with a little palm rest, and take a small disk shape.
- We distribute the coconut tablets in a tray and put them in the oven for 10 minutes or less, keeping watch over them because they can not tolerate long bread.
- Remove the tray from the oven, leave it aside until it is well cooled, and then offer the coconut tablets in the serving dish.
Coconut biscuits
Ingredients:
- A hundred grams of butter.
- Two hundred grams of flour.
- Fifty grams of powder coconut.
- One hundred grams of powdered sugar.
- Half a teaspoon of baking powder.
- A spray of vanilla.
- Two eggs.
Method of preparation:
- Pour the baking powder and flour together and put in a bowl.
- Add the butter and sprinkle it thoroughly by using the fingertips, and put the sugar and half the amount of coconut and vanilla and mix well.
- A hole is formed in the middle of the mixture, so that one egg is placed in it and mix well until we are cooked on a slightly dry dough and with a cohesive consistency.
- Separate the dough and cut it as desired, and place it in a tray that is greased with butter.
- Beat the second egg and paint the surface of the biscuit pieces and spread the coconut on it.
- We go into a medium temperature oven for a quarter of an hour.
Chocolate balls with coconut
Ingredients:
- Half cup of coconut.
- Two packets of tea biscuits.
- Half a cup of liquid milk to knead.
- Three tablespoons of cocoa.
- Coconut for decoration.
- Four tablespoons of powdered sugar.
Method of preparation:
- Break the hand with biscuits by hand to make small pieces in a bowl, and mix the biscuits with all ingredients until the biscuits are mixed with the mixture.
- Make balls of small size, cover the balls with coconut, place them in a bowl and place them in the refrigerator for an hour.
Maven jam and coconut
Ingredients:
- Seventy-five grams of butter.
- an egg.
- A cup of flour.
- Half a cup of caster sugar.
- Half a teaspoon of baking powder.
- Half a teaspoon sprinkle lemon peel.
- Half a teaspoon of vanilla.
- Filling:
- Twelve teaspoons of jam, (depending on the preferred type).
- A cup of grated coconut.
- Half a cup of caster sugar.
- Two eggs.
- Half a teaspoon of lemon peel peel.
- Half a teaspoon of vanilla.
Method of preparation:
- Mix all the ingredients of the dough with each other, and divide the paste into twelve groups.
- Separate the dough into the muffin molds and distribute it evenly on the edges.
- Bring the filling, by mixing all components of the filling except jam.
- Put in a few tablespoons of jam, followed by a spoonful of coconut filling.
- Put the oven muffin molds on a fire that will be quiet for fifteen minutes.