I have been an advocate of coconut and its products right from the beginning. And then comes the awareness on the benefits, especially with the virgin coconut oil.
There are essentially three methods of producing virgin coconut oil (as I understand). 1) Cold Press Method 2) Centrifugal Method and 3) Boiling Method. Some specialized tools are required for 1 and 2 and I am now an expert in method 3.
The main reason for making the virgin oil at home is the lack of confidence on products we see on the shelf with all glorified labels. Nowadays it is just that “for comfort and confidence, better make things on your own”
The below is my home production using 8 fresh coconuts
I make it using the long process and it’s fun, so far. I mean I could have adopted some short cuts like getting grated fresh coconut, but I start from the coconut with husk removed. It’s fun to break the shell into two, collecting the water for chilling and drinking later.
The coconut flesh are then scooped out of the shells using a small knife, cut and crushed in Nutribullet, ready for squeezing the milk out, The coconut milk then boiled in a hard bottom vessel (uruli) till the oil is separated.
The residue after oil separated is a likable delicious product which has a colloquial name of Kakkan (below).
The coconut after the milk is squeezed out is used for making energy bars with dates, banana (sometimes), nuts and spices added. When kakkan is used for the bars, I call them luxury bars (below)
Now the planting plans in Thidanad would include coconuts. For this I have to get the high oil content and dwarf varieties of coconut trees planted
The picture is of high yielding TxD variety developed by the Kerala coconut board. Half this yield would make the planter happy
With the coconuts available in the land, I have to install a small scale cold press virgin coconut oil production unit……
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Thank you very much Ekta
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And it helps that it smells so divine!! 🙂
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Absolutely Prajakta
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Beautiful post!!
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Thank you very much
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i love this oil… use it every week.. 😊
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It’s wonderful, isn’t it?
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yup
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ഇതു കൊള്ളാലോ….❤️
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And I drink a spoon every day also. This is something you should make and use
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Awesome 🙂
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Thank you very much Jyoti
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I can feel the smell of fresh coconut oil. It is divine.
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I know Rupali
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You’ll become my primary source of Virgin Coconut Oil once your unit is up and running, because I love coconut oil too and I use it for everything, right from cooking, to brushing teeth to even making moisturizers and balms. It’s an excellent product of nature that offers a wealth of goodness in whichever form its found.
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This is music to my ears Pradita.
I have a feeling that you will be involved in my farming plans and oil production
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I hope so 😊😊😊
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👌🌹
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That’s so easy, I never thought about making at home. Thanks for sharing.
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Quite satisfying and the most important- assured pure
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If you want to know more about the coconut oil benefits: https://tinyurl.com/yce3rfp7
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Thank you very much Vera for the details
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