Coconut
When making delicious desserts and various cakes, we are immediately informed of the addition of coconut, which is light, tasty, and full of nutritional value, and gives a distinct taste of sweets. Coconut is a round fruit wrapped in a thick fiber cover, weighing 1 kg per kilogram, with a hard outer cover, a rich pulp of fresh coconut, and coconut water.
Coconut tree is a source of food for humans since ancient times, and it is a source of income for farmers who are interested in planting and preserving it. Coconut fruit is produced in addition to coconuts, coconut oil, which is used in the manufacture of many cosmetics, coconut water, Of man. Man benefited from the coconut tree for the construction of houses, boats, pots, and fiber used for various textile industries and handicrafts.
Cultivation of coconut
Coconut tree needs a hot climate. Tropical regions are considered to be the best places for growth of coconut tree, which is characterized by thyme production throughout the year. It is not a seasonal tree like other trees, and it begins production three to five years after its cultivation. Each time more than fifty grains of coconut fruits.
The country that is most interested in planting coconut trees is Indonesia. It is the first country in the world to produce coconut, and the Philippines is in second place, followed by India and Malaysia. Coconut fruits are harvested by hand, using ropes, and a small saw in the harvest of mature fruits, whose maturity is evidenced by the drying of the outer fiber of the fruit.
Benefits of Coconut
- Coconut pulp contains many vitamins, minerals that the body needs in abundance such as vitamin A, vitamin J, vitamin B complex, potashim, manganese, and zinc.
- Coconut water is a healthy drink full of energy; it contains many calories that provide the body with the energy it needs.
- Coconut oil contains saturated fat, which provides the body with useful fats.
- Coconut drink is ideal for athletes and dieters. It revitalizes the body and increases fitness, as described for people suffering from cardiovascular disease and people suffering from acute mental illness. It improves mood and expels depression.
- Coconut contains antioxidants that act to resist free radicals that cause cancers.
- Coconut oil is perfect in treating hair problems, skin, wrinkle resistance and small lines that cause premature aging.
How to break a coconut
If the amount of water looks abundant, this means that the coconut is mature and fresh, and if we do not hear the sound of the water, or it is a slight sound, we prefer not to buy it because it is damaged; It is the water that preserves the components of the coconut fruit.
Spread the coconut fruit from the wrapped fiber around the fruit, and then with a pointed screwdriver we make a hole in the eyes of the coconut fruit to extract the coconut water, and then with a hammer we hit the dividing line on the two parts of the coconut bean and break the fruit into two parts and peel to get the pulp easily And simply.