COCONUT NATURE’S MULTI-WONDER.

 

Coconut is nature's multi-wonder food item. It can serves as both snack and full meal complement, depending on how you love it.

Coconut thrives primarily in tropical climates and is reputed to be a healthy meal, offering a wide range of nutritional values.

Primarily, coconut consists of oil, water, cream and flesh. It digests easily because of its low alkaline level. The nutritious clean water, according to www.healthxite.com, has one of the highest sources of electrolytes, making coconut the best rehydration sports drink. It adds that coconut flour is very high in dietary fibre with about four times more fibre content than whole-wheat flour. The A.P. cancer institute for cancer research recommends among other things, that adding coconut oil to your meals can reduce free radicals in the body. This can reduce the risk of some cancers or even cure them. One of the coconut meals in Nigeria is coconut rice. You may prepare it as white rice cooked in coconut milk or chose to add pepper or vegetables to it. Coconuts may also be used for candies, cakes and chocolate stuffing.

Ingredients for coconnut rice

Two cups parboiled rice, one-and –a-half cups whole coconut milk, one-and-a half cups of water. Half cup sweetened coconut flakes (optional) one tablespoon table salt, other seasoning.

Method

Rinse rice to remove excess starch, parboil rice medium heat, rinse again and drain, cook rice in coconut milk, water, salt, other seasonings, cover to cook over low-medium heat for 20-25 minutes, turn off heat and set aside for some minutes, rice should be fluffy at this point, serve with preferred garnishing.

NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS

Coconut flesh contains 283 calories, contain 26.8g healthy fat, high in fibre (75 per cent of total carbohydrates is fibre) coconut cream has natural sugar, used to make coconut milk by dilution with water. Coconut flesh high in manganese, potassium, copper.