How Do You Prepare Raw Coconut To Eat?
The coconut’s large size and tough outer shell can make it intimidating for the average home cook to deal with. If you want to eat fresh coconut instead of relying on the pre-shredded dried variety, you may not have the slightest idea on how to prepare it for eating. A coconut takes actual hardware to crack it open, but once you get to the flesh and juice, you can use it for savory Caribbean, Indian or Asian-inspired dishes as well as sweet desserts. Step 1 Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the whole coconut onto a baking sheet and bake it for about 20 minutes to help loosen the inside flesh from the shell. Set the coconut aside until it is cool enough for you to handle comfortably. Step 2 Place the tip of a screwdriver into one of the indentations located on the portion of the coconut near the stem (there should be three indentations total). Hit the screwdriver handle very gently with a hammer just until it forms a small hole in the shell. Repeat the process with a se
