Difference between a brown coconut and a green coconut?!
Green or young coconuts commonly have their tops sliced off, add a straw and presto you have a ready-made refreshing tropical drink! That is coconut water, which is very different from the coconut milk used in cooking. The meat is tender and translucent, which you can scrape out to eat after your drink or add it to fruit salads & canned mixed fruits for a tropical twist.
Brown or mature coconuts are commonly sold with the already brown dried husk removed. The meat has become more firm and opaque white. I understand that some people produce coconut milk by mixing the meat with the coconut water eg. Hawaiians. In South East Asia, the brown shell with just a thin layer of meat left is ground up. The fresh ground coconut is placed in a muslin bag with 1 cup of water added, the bag is then squeezed to produce thick coconut milk (equivalent to canned coconut cream); this is used in SE Asian desserts & added at the end of cooking curries for extra creaminess & coconut flavour.
After the first squeezing, about 4 cups of water are added for the second squeezing to produce a thinner coconut milk that is more liquid. This can be added during the curry cooking process, for desserts, making coconut rice etc. Note that if you let coconut milk boil, it tends to separate and the resultant curry has a higher chance of turning rancid. And yes, you need to refrigerate coconut milk as it spoils fast.
If both fresh mature coconuts and canned coconut milk (the thinned one) are not available, the next best thing is canned coconut cream (diluted with water to required consistency). There is also coconut powder (follow the package's instructions to reconstitute), but I find when cooking curries, the final gravy is obviously different from one prepared using fresh coconut milk. The very last resort is to add water to dessicated coconut to squeeze for coconut milk, but the result tends to be a bit oily.
Note that coconut is high in saturated fats and hence coconut milk & oil should be consumed infrequently & in moderation. Otherwise, the risk of heart diseases and obesity is very real.
Answers: There is only one coconut, produced by the coconut palm tree, which may come in green or red/orange colours. The difference in green or brown is simply differing stages of maturation.
Green or young coconuts commonly have their tops sliced off, add a straw and presto you have a ready-made refreshing tropical drink! That is coconut water, which is very different from the coconut milk used in cooking. The meat is tender and translucent, which you can scrape out to eat after your drink or add it to fruit salads & canned mixed fruits for a tropical twist.
Brown or mature coconuts are commonly sold with the already brown dried husk removed. The meat has become more firm and opaque white. I understand that some people produce coconut milk by mixing the meat with the coconut water eg. Hawaiians. In South East Asia, the brown shell with just a thin layer of meat left is ground up. The fresh ground coconut is placed in a muslin bag with 1 cup of water added, the bag is then squeezed to produce thick coconut milk (equivalent to canned coconut cream); this is used in SE Asian desserts & added at the end of cooking curries for extra creaminess & coconut flavour.
After the first squeezing, about 4 cups of water are added for the second squeezing to produce a thinner coconut milk that is more liquid. This can be added during the curry cooking process, for desserts, making coconut rice etc. Note that if you let coconut milk boil, it tends to separate and the resultant curry has a higher chance of turning rancid. And yes, you need to refrigerate coconut milk as it spoils fast.
If both fresh mature coconuts and canned coconut milk (the thinned one) are not available, the next best thing is canned coconut cream (diluted with water to required consistency). There is also coconut powder (follow the package's instructions to reconstitute), but I find when cooking curries, the final gravy is obviously different from one prepared using fresh coconut milk. The very last resort is to add water to dessicated coconut to squeeze for coconut milk, but the result tends to be a bit oily.
Note that coconut is high in saturated fats and hence coconut milk & oil should be consumed infrequently & in moderation. Otherwise, the risk of heart diseases and obesity is very real.
it is called coconut milk, a green coconut is not ripe, a brown one is.
The green coconut isn't ripe yet. The coconut is brown when it is ripe. The liquid inside is like water but is called coconut milk. Yummy.
I think the green one is a little bit lighter than the brown one. The brown one is a little brown too
brown coconut is ripe and sweet and green is unsweet.
coconuts have water but thru process of heating etc.. it can be thickened to a cream/milk state
A coconut is a coconut. The brown part is underneath the green part. The liquid in the middle is coconut water, and you make coconut milk with coconut meat and milk plus other ingredients I can't remember.
green are not ripe the liquid is called milk
One is green, another is brown!
no. it's called cocnut milk. A green one is not ripe and a brown one is.
hope this helped! :-)
Green is young coconut but is still able to be eaten and brown is adult which of course is able to be eaten..I know cause I'm asian, some times you have to refrigerate, and it's called milk but it's more of a water! ; )
The liquid inside is coconut WATER. Coconut milk is obtained by crushing the coconut 'meat' with a little water and extracting the fluid. Coconut water is basically water with sugars and minerals (notably potassium), and this made it useful as an emergency blood plasma substitute in WW 2. Coconut milk is high in fat, whereas coconut water contains no fat.
a green coconut is a young coconut.. when its ripe its usually orange in colour, then the outside is removed, which is why its smaller and brown..
a Green Coconut is immature
green coconut is young coconut. the meat is soft and you can eat it as soon as it's opened up. the water inside is coconut water and may also be drunk upon opening.
brown coconut is mature coconut. it also has coconut water (which can be drunk) but you don't normally eat the meat as it is. you can but it's tough. the meat is normally grated and then squeezed to get coconut milk.