How virgin coconut oil is made

There’s a video circulating around that shows how virgin coconut oil is made.

How Coconut-Oil Is Made from Clean Program on Vimeo.

I think it’s awesome, and it shows how much work and love goes into the process.

We in Malaysia are very lucky to have an abundant of coconuts, and I use a quicker method to make virgin coconut oil, but mine does not last long, meaning it turns rancid fast if the oil is not stored in the fridge fast enough after making it. Even then, it doesn’t last that long either. Maybe a few days the most. That’s ok though.

Good food, good ingredients are not meant to last that long. Maybe it’s part of nature. Raw smoothies can’t keep well. It’s best to drink it right away after making it. Ditto for coconut oil, and coconut milk.

Here’s my version of making virgin coconut milk. It yields, hmmm, about 2 tablespoons or so.

Get about 2 mugs of thick, fresh coconut milk.

Put the coconut milk in a large glass container.

Leave it aside at a warm place for maybe 2-3 hours. You will see the oil separating from the milk below.

I live in the tropics so the coconut oil separate real quick in the warm temperature. You may have to wait overnight if where you are currently is colder.

So anyways, I have tons of pictures of how coconut milk is made here in Malaysia.

This is the coconut milk machine. The dessicated coconut comes out of one section, while the coconut milk is poured out from another section (where the man is standing)

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Then, there is the older, cheaper version which only allows the person to scrape one coconut at a time

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How my mum used to make coconut milk in the old days

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Just straddle the bench with the scraper out front and scrapes the coconut against the blade. You can scrape a coconut pretty quick with this baby.My dad just bought a new one recently, but we decided to put it away as there’s quite a few curious toddlers in the house right now.

Squeezing the coconut milk from the scraped coconut

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In the old days, women would slow fry the scraped coconut in a wok. When it was dry, you will see the coconut oil starting to float up and separate from the coconut meat.   This coconut oil would have the most wonderful toasted coconut oil fragrance.

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