Coconut green, that is, the skin is still green young coconut, and we usually call the coconut for the coconut king, the two present a different period of time, so that the difference between the coconut green and coconut is not ripe called coconut green, ripe called coconut king. The difference is in the following points:

One, the color

When the coconut has matured, it becomes the old coconut, some people called coconut king or hairy coconut, usually the skin is dark yellow.

Coconut green, also known as green coconut, as the name suggests it has a greenish skin.

Two, the use

Coconut green in addition to drinking coconut juice, usually used in stew or cooking, because the meat of the coconut green is tender, so it can be used to make sugar water or cooking, such as coconut green water chestnut milk dew, fried coconut green, coconut green steamed meat crab, etc., the meat of the coconut green is crisp and chewy, it is very resistant to eat. And coconut green juice in addition to fresh drink, is also a good ingredient for soup, its own sweetness for the soup color a lot, like the famous Hainan coconut chicken, which is not without the addition of coconut juice.

The old coconut meat is thick, milky white, usually not for coconut milk drink, coconut meat can be dug out to do coconut, coconut, coconut cake .

Three, picking

Coconut green because of its function is mainly used in coconut milk, so pick early, while the coconut is not fully ripe time to pick.

The main use of the coconut king is coconut meat, so to fully mature, picking time is naturally much later than the coconut green.

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