How do you make coconut juice like the kinds at restaurants?!
Answers: Not just getting a coconut and poking a hole in. I mean the kind at the Chinese restaurants like T.K. Noodle.
Chinese Food
Fresh coconuts can look a bit intimidating but in just a few easy steps you too can be enjoying both the milk and the meat of this delicious fruit.
Coconut Buying
Coconuts' peak season is from October through December. You should be able to hear the liquid inside and it should feel heavy for its size. Check for three eyes, at the smaller end of the coconut. They should look intact and there should not be any cracks or damage to the shell.
To make coconut milk, cut ? the coconut into even sized pieces. Place them in a blender with about 1 ? cups hot water. The more water, the thinner the milk will be. Process for thirty seconds. Place a few layers of cheesecloth or if you do not have one, layers of paper towels, over the blender. Strain the milk through the cloth into a bowl. Squeeze the cloth to get all the milk out.
Opening your Coconut-Juice
To eat the coconut, first puncture one or two of its eyes with a sharp thin tool, a corkscrew can work or use a hammer and nail. Hold the hole over a small bowl and let the coconut juice drain out.
Cracking your Coconut
Crack open the coconut by tapping the edge with the blunt edge of a large knife. If if does not open, try baking it in the oven for 15-25 minutes. You will see it will partially crack from the heat. Let it cool and try tapping the edge again.
Inside your Coconut
Score the white coconut meat with a small knife. Then, pull it away from the shell one piece at a time. Use a peeler to cut off the skin from the pieces. White meat taken from coconut can be grated or chopped and to use for baking or making coconut milk.
---Hope this Helps~
---Anna R.~
u put the lime in the coconut and shake it all up
I think the coconut actually "makes" the juice.
Do you mean the CLEAR coconut juice? or the thick WHITE coconut juice? For clear coconut juice, you need young coconuts--just punch a hole and get the juice. For white coconut juice you have to scrape the coconut "meat" and grate it and press it to release the juice.
Coconut 'milk' IS coconut 'juice'. You get a coconut, and POKE A HOLE IN IT, or you crush up the meat of the coconut and drain off any juice. That's what it is.