Coconut health benefits and eating methods

Big coconut is a specialty of Hainan. Although it looks rough, it is a delicious fruit once you remove the outer shell.

Coconut health benefits

1. Coconut contains carbohydrates, fats, proteins, B vitamins, vitamin C, and trace elements such as potassium and magnesium, which can effectively supplement the body's nutrients and enhance the body's disease resistance.

2. Coconut juice is rich in minerals such as potassium and magnesium. Its composition is similar to intracellular fluid, which can correct dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, and achieve the effect of diuresis and swelling.

3. Coconut meat and coconut juice can kill intestinal parasites. Drinking the juice or eating the meat can expel ginger worms and tapeworms. When used in clinical practice, it is not only reliable in efficacy, but also has no toxic side effects. It is an ideal insecticidal and malnutrition-eliminating food.

4. Coconut juice contains sugars, fats, proteins, growth hormones, vitamins and a large amount of trace elements necessary for the human body. Drinking it regularly can replenish intracellular fluid, expand blood volume, moisturize the skin and have the effect of maintaining youth and beauty.

How to store coconut

Just put it directly into the refrigerator to refrigerate.

Coconut food precautions

1. People with loose stools should avoid eating coconut meat.

2. Patients with excessive heat in the body, viral hepatitis, fatty liver, bronchial asthma, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, pancreatitis, diabetes, etc. should avoid eating coconuts.

Food

Coconut Potato Beef Soup

Ingredients: 1 coconut, 2 potatoes, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 pound of beef, and appropriate amounts of ginger and salt.

Method: 1. Cut the coconut meat into pieces.

2. Peel and cut potatoes, onions and carrots into pieces.

3. Wash the beef, blanch it in boiling water, rinse it, and then cut it into thick pieces.

4. Bring a proper amount of water to a boil, add coconut, potatoes, onions, carrots, beef and ginger, and simmer over low heat for about two hours after the water boils. Season with salt and serve.

Coconut Chicken Stew

Ingredients: 1 1200g chicken (or chicken breast), 250g coconut, 1.5 teaspoons rice wine, 1 teaspoon salt, a pinch of pepper, 2 slices of ginger, 2 scallions.

practice:

1. Chop the chicken into pieces and cut the coconut into slices or cubes.

2. Heat up some oil in a pan, put the chicken in, add rice wine, ginger and onion and stir-fry together (this will make the soup white and fragrant, and remove the fishy smell).

3. Put the chicken into a porcelain container (or clay pot), add coconut meat and appropriate amount of cold water, simmer over low heat for about three hours, and season with salt and pepper.

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Beauty Tremella Coconut Cup

Ingredients: one coconut, 20 grams of white fungus (soaked in water), and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Method: 1. Soak the white fungus in water, wash it clean and remove the stems for later use.

2. Peel the coconut, scrape it clean, saw it in half at the base, and use it as a lid. Take out the coconut milk and save it for other uses.

3. Put rock sugar into the coconut cup, add appropriate amount of water, cover it with the coconut cup and steam it in a steamer for about an hour.

4. Finally, add the white fungus and stew until it is cooked.

Remedies for curing diseases

Treatment of nephritis: Boil 30 cm of coconut root with 250 g of lean pork. Eat the meat and drink the soup. Note that no seasoning is added during the cooking process.

Knowledge Links

How to shell a coconut?

The shell of coconut is very thick. You need to use a big knife (chopping knife or large kitchen knife) to cut it down along the fibers. There are three small holes on the coconut, two of which are the same and one is different. Scrape the surface of the different small holes with a knife, then insert a straw. If you want to eat coconut meat, put the coconut on the chopping board, peel off the outer layer of coconut palm with a knife, and see the Chinese character "品" on it. Then use chopsticks or a knife to pierce two of them and pour out the water inside. This is the best, don't waste it. Then use a hammer to knock it open, or simply knock the coconut on the ground until it cracks, and carefully peel off the coconut meat with a knife, and you can eat the delicious coconut meat.