For Thai people who live in the tropics, coconut is the well-deserved "tree of life". People affectionately call young coconuts green coconuts. Compared with old coconuts, the coconut juice of green coconuts is more effective in relieving fever and promoting body fluids. . However, have you encountered such a situation: it is not that simple to open a coconut, so how can you easily drink coconut juice?
Don’t be frightened by the hard appearance of the coconut. Drinking coconut water is actually very easy. There are three eyes on the coconut, two artificial eyes and one real eye. The real eye is actually the pedicle. Just dig out the real eye and put a straw in it. Usually the true eye is in the middle and most upright place. You scrape off the white fleshy part, then poke it with the tip of a knife, and a small hole will be exposed. Just insert a straw and drink directly. If you can't tell the difference, try each eye.
Not only can coconut juice be drunk, but green coconut juice is also a good raw material for making soup. Its sweetness adds a lot of color to the soup, such as braised black-bone chicken with green coconut, braised coconut wings with green coconut, and braised coconut wings with green coconut. Stewed snow clams, etc. The capable chef also showed great creativity: instead of serving soup, it is used to soak chicken, fish sliders, etc. The chicken and fish absorb the sweetness of coconut milk, making it fragrant but not greasy. The coconut green baked rice is like pineapple baked rice. It is made of fruit shells and has a pleasant fragrance. It is also a famous food in Phuket Island, Thailand. If you have the opportunity to visit, you must eat the authentic version to enjoy it.
It is said that the taste of coconut milk changes when it leaves the coconut shell. The coconut milk poured out in the morning is sweeter and lighter in the afternoon. What is even more mysterious is the saying of Southeast Asians: Green coconut juice is drunk in the morning when the sun is not out. It is cooling and moisturizing, and can cure various febrile diseases such as lung heat. I don’t know if it’s really that magical.