How to make a simple desiccated coconut with an oil-free fryer, tea or snacks are all delicious

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Whenever you eat tea, ice cream or pickled fruit, do you often see a bit of desiccated coconut sprinkled on top? Dried coconut with its crispy and delicious sweetness will help those desserts become more complete.

People usually buy pre-made dried coconut. However, you can make your own dry coconut to eat tea simply by using an oil-free fryer that is hygienic and safe for health. Let’s go to the kitchen with Creativekindercare.edu.vn to learn this secret right away!

Ingredients for making dried coconut

• 2-3 dried coconuts
• 200g yellow sugar

Good tip
– To choose the right desiccated coconut, you should choose a very old type of desiccated coconut, with a thick and crispy copra. You should avoid buying coconut cake or young coconut because they are only suitable for making Tet jam.
– You can buy desiccated coconut (or pre-peeled coconut rice to save time) at shops selling tea ingredients or traditional markets.

Ingredients for making dried coconut

How to make dried coconut

Step 1Cup of coconut rice

If you can’t buy pre-peeled coconut rice, you can buy dried coconut to separate the rice yourself. First, you use the handle of the knife to knock around the coconut skull (coconut has been peeled). Then, you chop and cut a line in the middle of the dried coconut to split it in half. You proceed to scrape the coconut rice out by using the tip of a knife or the handle of a screwdriver to slip between the rice and the shell and then take it out slowly.

You peel the hard shell in the copra and then wash it to remove the coconut oil. You wash about 4-5 times until the water is clear and the oil is clean.

Take the dried coconut rice

Step 2Preliminary processing of coconut rice

You grate the coconut into strands 2-3 knuckles long with a large version. You wash it with water 5-6 times and then let it dry.

Then, you add 200g of yellow sugar, mix well and let it marinate for about 6 hours .

Preliminary processing of coconut rice and marinated sugar

Step 3Coconut snail

You put the pan on the stove and put the dried coconut with sugar on the slug. Initially, you slug with high heat, stir gently and evenly to thicken the sugar water . Then, reduce the heat and continue to stir until the dried coconut turns light yellow.

Turn off the heat and let the desiccated coconut cool down before proceeding to the next step.

Dried coconut slug

Step 4Drying desiccated coconut with an oil-free fryer

Turn on the air fryer at 150 degrees Celsius before about 5 minutes to spread the heat evenly.

Then, you spread the dried coconut slug all over the pot and then proceed to dry at 160 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes . Every 5 minutes, you should open the pot and mix the desiccated coconut to make them golden evenly.

Finally, you wait for the desiccated coconut to cool and dry, then break it into small pieces and put it in a sealed container for storage.

Drying desiccated coconut with an oil-free fryer

Finished Product

With just a simple dish of desiccated coconut, you can use it as a snack in your spare time or eat it with tea, yogurt or fresh cream. The crispy pieces of dried coconut with a sweet taste and gentle aroma will surely make everyone fall in love.

Crispy and sweet dry coconut

Price and location to buy desiccated coconut

Currently, desiccated coconut is sold at a price ranging from 70,000 VND to 100,000 VND/kg.

You can buy desiccated coconut at bakeries, markets, supermarkets or on e-commerce sites. Here are the shops selling desiccated coconut in Ho Chi Minh City you can refer to:

• Abby Store. Address: 835/4, Tran Hung Dao, Ward 1, District 5 or 277/31, XVNT, Ward 15, Binh District
• Beemart. Address: No. 102 Vo Thi Sau, District 1, HCMC
• Shops Creativekindercare.edu.vn

Dried coconut is sold at a price ranging from 70,000 VND to 100,000 VND/kg.

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